Classic Children's Poems

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1. Here is the first verse of a funny poem by Ogden Nash. See if you can guess what goes in the blank. "Belinda lived in a little white house, With a little black kitten and a little gray mouse, And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, And a realio, trulio, little pet ___" Ferret Dragon. Maggot Bacon

2. "I know a funny little man, as quiet as a mouse, Who does the mischief that is done in everybody's house!" Who's this miscreant (look it up, kids!) of verse? Mr. Moxie Mr. Magoo Mr. Nobody Mr. Bumblehead

3. What word do you think goes in the blank? "I have a little ____ that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed." Funny thing about this guy, he's never around in the dark... Kitty Shadow Dolly Pet frog

4. And now for some sailors: "____, ____, and ____ one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe,- Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew." Who were those guys? Huey, Dewey, and Louie Longshanks, Girth, and Keen Larry, Curly, and Moe Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

5. This is the start of a famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who also wrote "Hiawatha". Can you guess its title? "Between the dark and the daylight When night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations That is known as ____ ____ ____." The Leaning Tower The Children's Hour The Evening Flower The Purple Bower

6. Here's a weird one for you! Any idea who wrote this poem? Here's how it starts: in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little balloonman whistles far and wee and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it's spring Someone who needed typing lessons! e e cummings Someone who needed to learn about capital letters. Someone who needed to fix the spacebar on his keyboard!

7. This poem is usually called " 'Twas The Night Before Christmas" and many people know it. It begins: " 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there." Can you guess its other name, along with the name of the author? "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Moore "The Nightmare Before Christmas" by Tim Burton "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Freddy Fender "The Santa Clause" by Tim Taylor

8. A famous American poet wrote this tiny poem, called "Fog". Who was it? "The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then, moves on." Carl Sandburg Lewis Carroll Robert Browning A.A.Milne

9. This is a sad and beautiful poem by a guy who knew how to write a scary story when he wanted to! -- but not this time. Here's how it starts: "It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived, whom you may know By the name of ____ ____;" What do you think goes in the blank? Raggedy Ann Agatha Bea Chatty Kathy Annabel Lee

10. Here is a poem by James Whitcomb Riley. It's about someone who has been in comics and on Broadway. "Little ____ ____'s come to our house to stay, An' wash the cups and saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away, An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust the hearth, an' sweep, An' make the fire, an' bake the bread, an' earn her board-an'-keep; An' all us other children, when the supper things is done, We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun A-list'nin' to the witch tales 'at ___ tells about, An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you Ef you Don't Watch Out!" "Little Orphant Annie" "Little Suzy Goodshoes" "Little Mary Sunshine" "Little Becky Thatcher"