Brother

by Mary Ann Hoberman

The Llama Who Had No Pajama by Mary Ann HobermanI had a little brother
And I brought him to my mother
And I said I want another
Little brother for a change.

But she said don’t be a bother
So I took him to my father
And I said this little bother
Of a brother’s very strange.

But he said one little brother
Is exactly like another
And every little brother
Misbehaves a bit he said.

So I took the little bother
From my mother and my father
And I put the little bother
Of a brother back to bed.

Copyright © 2006 Mary Ann Hoberman. From The Llama Who Had No Pajama. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. Reprinted by permission of the author.

About The Author

Children's Poet Mary Ann HobermanMary Ann Hoberman, a former Children’s Poet Laureate, is the critically acclaimed author of over forty books for children, including A House is a House for Me, winner of a National Book Award. One hundred of her favorite poems are collected in The Llama Who Had No Pajama. She also received the 2003 Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, given by the National Council of Teachers of English.

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3 responses to “Brother”

  1. abdullah yusuf says:

    this poem was very good but a little hard to understand but nice poem

  2. patricia says:

    i quite liked this poem

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