Limericks for Kids by Birchall Publishing

Limericks for Kids by Birchall Publishing

Limericks for Kids is a collection of funny limerick poems created especially for children age 7 and up>

Included you'll find:

• An introduction about limericks
• A short biography of Edward Lear, the 19th century poet most recognized for the funny limerick poems that he simply called nonsense
• Limerick examples by Edward Lear with his original illustrations
• Limericks by poets well-known and unknown
• An image provided for every limerick for comprehension building

Some people like to read limericks right around St. Patrick's Day, but these short, funny poems are just as much fun in August as they are in March>

Limerick Example from>Limericks for Kids:

Beauty>

For beauty I am not a star,

There are others more handsome by far,

But my face---I don't mind it;

For I am behind it;

It's the people in front that I jar.

-Richard Burton