Kenn Nesbitt



Kenn Aylward Nesbitt is a children's poet  He has written a number of collections of children's poetry, listed below.

He was born on February 19, 1962 in Berkeley, California. He grew up in Fresno and San Diego, California, United States.

He is a writer of humorous poetry for children, including the books My Hippo Has the Hiccups and Revenge of the Lunch Ladies. Kenn Nesbitt has collaborated with poet Linda Knaus on one collection of Christmas poems entitled Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney and with children's musician Eric Herman on several CDs. His poems also appear in numerous anthologies of humorous children's poetry. Nesbitt's writing often includes imagery of outrageous happenings, before ending on a realistic note. Being children's poems, many make fun of school life.

Nesbitt wrote his first children's poem, Scrawny Tawny Skinner, in 1994. Later, he wrote several more poems. In 1997, he decided to write his first poetry book, My Foot Fell Asleep, which was published in 1998. After that, he continued to author more poetry books.

He also frequently visits schools to give poetry performances and workshops to students.

He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife Ann, his son Max, and his daughter Madison.

Recognition
Kenn Nesbitt's poem "The Tale Of The Sun And The Moon", was used in the 2010 movie Life as We Know It (film). It was set to music by Eric Herman.

Publications

 * Nesbitt, K. (2011). The Ultimate Top Secret Guide to Taking Over the World. Sourcebooks.
 * Nesbitt, K. (2010). More Bears! Sourcebooks.
 * Nesbitt, K. (2010). The Tighty-Whitey Spider: And More Wacky Animal Poems I Totally Made Up. Sourcebooks.
 * Nesbitt, K. (2009). My Hippo Has the Hiccups: And Other Poems I Totally Made Up. Sourcebooks.
 * Nesbitt, K. (2007). Revenge of the Lunch Ladies: The Hilarious Book of School Poetry. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Nesbitt, K. and Knaus, L. (2006). Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Nesbitt, K. (2005). When the Teacher Isn't Looking: And Other Funny School Poems. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Nesbitt, K. (2001). The Aliens Have Landed! Meadowbrook Press.
 * Nesbitt, K. (2000). Sailing Off to Singapore Purple Room Publishing.
 * Nesbitt, K. (1999). I've Seen My Kitchen Sink Purple Room Publishing.
 * Nesbitt, K. (1998). My Foot Fell Asleep Purple Room Publishing.

Anthologized
Kenn Nesbitt's poems also appear in the following anthologies.


 * Lansky, B. (2009). What I Did on My Summer Vacation. Meadowbrok Press.
 * Lansky, B. (2008). I Hope I Don't Strike Out. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Lansky, B. (2007). I've Been Burping in the Classroom. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Lansky, B. (2006). Peter, Peter, Pizza Eater. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Lansky, B. (2006). My Teacher's in Detention. Meadowbrook Press.
 * (2005). If I Ran the School. Scholastic.
 * Lansky, B. (2004). If Kids Ruled the School. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Lansky, B. (2004). Rolling in the Aisles. Meadowbrook Press.
 * (2004) My Dog Does My Homework. Scholastic.
 * (2003) I Like it Here at School. Scholastic.
 * Lansky, B. (1998). Miles of Smiles. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Lansky, B. (1997). No More Homework! No More Tests!. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Lansky, B. (1997). A Bad Case of the Giggles. Meadowbrook Press.
 * Lansky, B. (1991). Kids Pick the Funniest Poems. Meadowbrook Press.