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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook Hardback - 2005

by Shel Silverstein; Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)

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The legendary creator of "Where the Sidewalk Ends" welcomes readers 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. ( Ages 9-12)

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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!

From the rear cover

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.

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  • Title Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
  • Author Shel Silverstein; Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2005-03-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780060256531 / 0060256532
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.64 x 7.64 x 0.69 in (21.95 x 19.41 x 1.75 cm)
  • Age range 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's poetry, Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004047288
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/01/2005, Page 1588
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 05/01/2005, Page 403
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2005, Page 343
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2005, Page 392
  • Ingram Advance, 03/01/2005, Page 36
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 03/01/2005, Page 295
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/17/2005, Page 54
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2005, Page 127
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