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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
from: HarperCollins
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780060256531
ISBN: 0060256532
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: March 01, 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: March 15, 2005
Studio: HarperCollins
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Editorial Review:
Taken in dall smoses, this self-proclaimed "billy sook" is a fun-filled new (posthumously published) offering from children's poet Shel Silverstein, creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, and other favorites. Completed prior to the poet's death in 1999, Runny Babbit was a work in progress for more than 20 years, and is populated by the likes of Runny Babbit, Toe Jurtle, Ploppy Sig, Polly Dorkupine, and Pilly Belican (who owns the Sharber Bop), all denizens of the green woods where letter-flipping runs rampant. In this madcap world, pea soup is sea poup, Capture the Flag is Fapture the Clag, and snow boots are bow snoots. Each poem incorporates the same kind of switcheroo wordplay found in "Runny's Hew Nobby:" Runny Babbit knearned to lit,/ And made a swat and heater,/ And now he sadly will admit/ He bight have done it metter." (Here, in one of many winningly simple line drawings, R. B. sits knitting one very long sleeve, which is labeled as such.) Children who have some fluency in reading will enjoy this bonsensical nook the most. (Ages 7 to 12) --Karin Snelson
Runny Babbit lent to wunch
And heard the saitress way,
"We have some lovely stabbit rew --
Our Special for today."
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.
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - The Weirdest of Words
Dear reader of this review, you might be wondering why Shel Silverstein titled his book Runny Babbit. It's Bunny Rabbit with the first letter switched around. So it's Runny Babbit. In this book a bunny rabbit lives in a town and everybody speaks in a weird way. Just to let you know all the pages are poems of how the rabbit lives.
A reminder while you're reading this book, you might notice something funny, or I mean runny, about the words. You should read Runny Babbit. I would read this book ... Read More
Rating: - Great book
Great book, great author, great illustrations. Everyone should have this book and share it with children.
Rating: - Great for children who can read!
This book had my son rolling on the floor with laughter. There's one poem in particular that we have to read every time we open the book. It never fails to get his funny bone. I would recommend this for children who are reading. Younger children will probably not get the humor intended.
Rating:  - FIVE STAR BOOK, ZERO STAR CD!!!
First, I want to be clear that this review pertains to the CD that comes with Runny Babbit. My 7-year-old son checked the Runny Babbit book from the library, and we read it and loved it. We'd pause to figure out what the words "should be." When he received money for his birthday, he wanted to buy a copy of the book. I made the mistake of suggesting he purchase the book that comes with the CD. THE CD IS AWFUL!!! The narrator sounds like he has a head cold and should have called in a sick day, but showed ... Read More
Rating: - May Change the Way You Speak Forever
In a wave of nosthalgia, I bought this Shel Silvertein book. As a little kid I loved "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and the other works. This has to be the best, though.
While obviously it is a children's book, adults love it, too. It tickles the tongue and the spirit. When I took it to the office we took turns reading from it and laughed silly. It really lightened the atmosphere.
Also a warning: You will me tompelled, no cempted to wange you chords after beading this rook.
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