Since today is April Fool's Day, it's only fair we start with a humorous poem and no one makes kids laugh more than Shel Silverstein. His poem "Sick" is always a storytime crowd-pleaser.
It starts...
"I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye.
Click here to read the whole poem.
And come by the library to check out the latest Shel Silverstein book, Every Thing On It, a collection of previously unpublished poems.
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