A tip for poetry teatime newbies: start with humor! Most of us have school poetry hang overs which may make us think "real poetry" is "serious poetry." Not so! Playful rhymes, loud noises, and flat out jokes are all part of poetry's rich linguistic power. Here's a list of poetry books sure to tickle and amuse.

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We asked Brave Writer parents what poetry books made their kids laugh out loud. Below are the titles they shared plus a few of our own.

Laugh Out Loud Poetry 

Anything by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends
Falling Up
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook

Anything by Jack Prelutsky

Scranimals
It's Raining Pigs & Noodles
A Pizza the Size of the Sun

More Funny Poetry

Poem-mobiles: Crazy Car Poems by J. Patrick Lewis
The Ice-Cream-Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds by Arnold Lobel
Dirt on My Shirt by Jeff Foxworthy
Once, I Laughed My Socks Off by Steve Attewell
Kids Pick the Funniest Poems by Bruce Lansky
Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian
Tighty Whitey Spider by Kenn Nesbit
This is Just to Say by Joyce Sidman
Guyku by Bob Raczka
If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and their Parents by Judith Viorst