Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature: Runny Babbit.
Runny Babbit is Shel Silverstein's hilarious and New York Times-bestselling book of spoonerisms—words or phrases with letters or syllables swapped: bunny rabbit becomes Runny Babbit.
Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own.
So if you say, "Let's bead a rook
That's billy as can se,"
You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk,
Just like mim and he.
And don't miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book from Shel Silverstein!
Author:
Shel Silverstein
Illustrator:
Shel Silverstein
Edition:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Print Length:
96 Pages
ISBN:
0060256532
Item Weight:
1.0 lbs
Item Dimensions:
0.69" x 8.64" x 7.64"
About the Author:
Shel Silverstein 's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, as well as classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit.
Editorial Reviews:
"Potential yook of the bear." - Washington Post Book World
"Like the humor, the simple line drawings accompanying each poem are vintage Silverstein-so gip, don't sulp, and enjoy this unexpected lagniappe from one of the greats" Starred Review - Kirkus Reviews
"Whether read aloud by audacious adults or by one giggling kid to another, Runny Babbit will be a leck a hot of fun." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
