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Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein

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Runny Babbit

A Billy Sook

Shel Silverstein

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 6, 2015

Reading lane: Rabbit Stories

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.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Words Gone Wonky

Spoonerisms turn familiar phrases into playful puzzles, giving every line a little verbal mischief.

Come here for

  • A topsy-turvy language built from swapped letters and syllables
  • Names like Toe Jurtle and Dungry Hog

Expect

  • Funny poems that invite reading aloud
  • A wordplay puzzle in nearly every phrase

Book Details

Authors
Shel Silverstein
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
January 6, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Rabbit Stories · Funny Poems
Reading lane
Rabbit Stories

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Publisher Categories

  • Pet Stories

  • Rabbit Stories

  • The Classics

  • Alphabet Books

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  • Stepfamily Stories

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About This Book

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...

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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!

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