written by Brian P. Cleary
	illus. by Richard Watson
	Millbrook Press / Lerner
	grades 2 to 5
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When is a list also a poem? When it’s a list poem! List poems can be funny or serious, rhymed or unrhymed. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how these types of poems work—and shows some of the many ways they can be written.

Underneath My Bed is packed with goofy poems on subjects ranging from summer camp to dinosaurs to messy bedrooms.

And when you’ve finished reading, you can try writing your very own list poem!

Read an excerpt

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