Zero Is My Hero: Children's Poetry

By L.E. Baer

This is apoetry book that kids will surely enjoy. It has rhymes about animals, birds and anything under the sun. Perfect for playtime!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 6, 2003
• ISBN: 9781450046930

L.E. Baer

Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Canton, Ohio, the author attended Hamilton College, and Biarritz American University at the end of WWII. He served in Europe for two years and earned a Bronze Star. Later, Mr. Baer completed two degrees at Ohio State University. After teaching high school social studies for almost 40 years, mostly in Riverside, California, he was inspired to write children’s poetry by his many grandkids. His hobbies include drawing and European travel. He has been a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon and Berlin Veterans.

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CONTENTS

ANIMALS & REPTILES

NEIGH

A YOUNG SNAKE

HIS EXPRESSION

FIND ME

THE DRAGGIN’ DRAGON

PATTER THE CAT

THE EASY WAY

EVERYTHING IS ANIMAL

DOG AND CAT

HOUSE MOVING

THE GYPSY AND HIS MONKEY

THE MOOSE AND THE MOUSE

FREE MEAT

WHIFF DAY

NOT PLEASED TO MEET YOU

BIRDS

THE WHIPPOORWILL

THE BOWER BIRD

SIX BIRDS

CLEVER THE BIRD

BOYS

SLIMBONES

YOU CAN STAY

PEDRO’S DONKEY

ZILO

THE PUNISHMENT CHAIR

OTTO’S TOOTH

IT’S A FACT!

BALDIE

DON’T SELL YOUR BOOTS, SON

FAMILY

QUIET REVOLUTION

SILENCE? PLEASE!

THE ATTIC AND THE CELLAR

FATHER’S A CHEF

WHY PARENTS LIKE ANIMAL SHOWS

MY OLD PIANO

FOOD & DRINK

BLUEBERRY JAM AND FRESH COUNTRY HAM

MYSTERY TEA

RICH WEEK

A HUNDRED DEGREES IN THE SHADE

BAKING A PIE

THE CELERY SNUBBED THE SALT

GROWN-UPS

FUZZY HATS

EPITAPH

CLOWN

IMPOSSIBLE TASK

MAD MUSIC

THE WITCH OF WIERDOM

FOR FREE

VERY FAMOUS SINGER

ALL THE YOUNG MEN

A PIRATE

HISTORY

THE ARK

LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS

ELIZABETH I

I CAME TO A RIVER

ABE LINCOLN OF ILLINOIS

CLEOPATRA

JULIUS CAESAR

HENRY VIII

JOAN OF ARC

I (ME)

I LIKE YOU

ALL NIGHT

A GIANT TOO

DOWN IN THE BASEMENT

A BALLOON IN CHICAGO

KA-BOOM

ONCE A YEAR

EARNING MONEY

BLACKMAIL

CHASING THE GOLDEN FLEECE

LUCKY DAY

INSECTS

A LITTLE WORM

FLY ON THE WALL

FRUSTRATION

MISCELLANEOUS

WORRIED TRAIN

KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU

WHAT IF?

SINUSES

ZERO IS MY HERO

BONES AND CHALK

HOLIDAYS

CHRISTMAS KISS

NATURE

NOTHING LIKE A RAINBOW

FIRE AMONG THE FLOWERS

MY RIVER

THE WIND

A TALL AND SHELTERING TREE

THE LAVENDER GARDEN

SNOWMAN

ENVY

IF TIME IS A RIVER

GREEN GRASS OF ENGLAND

A PATH IN THE WOODS

PHILOSOPHY

A BEE WITH HONEY

WORK

A KIND AND OPEN HEART

NO CONTEST

ANATOMY

SUNNY SKIES

ALL OF US

LIFE

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ADVICE TO YOUTH

AN INNER GLOW

YOU CAN’T BE

SLEEP

HERO

WAKING UP

TWO SHEEP

THE DREAM PILE

This book is dedicated to my grandchildren:

Devan, Deanna, Aaron, Marie, Stuart,

Alexander, Daniel, Joshua, and Matthew

I dedicate this book to Aung San Suu Kyi, my heroine.

I dedicate this book to those brave women who participated in

the Tienanmen Demonstration in 1989 as well as those women

who stood by their husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, and friends.

I dedicate this book to all the Asian women

who have suffered so much and ask so little.

ANIMALS & REPTILES

NEIGH

A horse that says neigh

Doesn’t mean no.

It really means, "hey,

Where’s that hay that you grow?

•      •      •

A YOUNG SNAKE

There was a thin snake who felt bad

That his features were narrow and sad,

So he entered a tunnel

Shaped like a funnel

And said, Now I’ve more width than I had.

•      •      •

HIS EXPRESSION

The rhino is an ugly beast,

Of that there is no question.

He gives us, at the very least,

Chronic indigestion.

•      •      •

FIND ME

The little mouse peeked out a hole,

And quickly gasped, Oh, dear!

"Here it’s time for me to