Birchall Publishing

Limericks for Kids 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 limericksA 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 illustrationsLimericks by poets well-known and unknownAn 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