Bio

Kenn Nesbitt is the award-winning author of many collections of funny poetry for kids, including The Tighty-Whitey Spider and My Hippo Has the Hiccups. His newest books, including his first picture book, MORE BEARS!, have gotten rave reviews from School Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, and Kirkus, as well as from parents, teachers, and children.

His poems have appeared in many bestselling anthologies, including every book in the popular Kids Pick the Funniest Poems series, and anthologies from Scholastic with nearly 2 million copies in print. His works have been in dozens of school textbooks around the world, as well as national television programs, and numerous children's magazines. Kenn travels the country, visiting over 60 schools each year, sharing his wacky brand of poetry with kids nationwide, and helping to create a new generation of poetry lovers. His website, Poetry4Kids, is the most popular children's poetry website on the Internet.

Visit Kenn's website at: www.poetry4kids.com.

BOOKS

The Ultimate Top Secret Guide to Taking Over the World
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2011

MORE BEARS!
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2010

The Tighty-Whitey Spider
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2010

My Hippo Has the Hiccups
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2009

Revenge of the Lunch Ladies
Meadowbrook Press, 2007

When the Teacher Isn't Looking
Meadowbrook Press, 2005

The Aliens Have Landed at Our School!
Meadowbrook Press, 2001

ANTHOLOGIES

What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Meadowbrook Press, 2007

I Hope I Don't Strike Out
Meadowbrook Press, 2008

I've Been Burping in the Classsroom
Meadowbrook Press, 2007

My Teacher's In Detention
Meadowbrook Press, 2006

Dinner with Dracula
Meadowbrook Press, 2006

Peter, Peter, Pizza Eater
Meadowbrook Press, 2006

If I Ran the School
Scholastic, 2005

My Dog Does My Homework
Scholastic, 2005

Rolling in the Aisles
Meadowbrook Press, 2004

If Kids Ruled the School
Meadowbrook Press, 2004

I Like it Here at School
Scholastic, 2003

Miles of Smiles: Kids Pick the Funniest Poems Book #3
Meadowbrook Press 1998

No More Homework! No More Tests!
Meadowbrook Press, 1996

A Bad Case of the Giggles: Kids Pick the Funniest Poems Book #2
Meadowbrook Press, 1994

Kids Pick the Funniest Poems
Meadowbrook Press, 1991