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Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook [With CD]
Contributor(s): Silverstein, Shel (Author), Silverstein, Shel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0061130478     ISBN-13: 9780061130472
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $20.69  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2006
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Annotation: 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 poetry. Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends. Illustrations.
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - Humorous
Dewey: 811.54
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 7.66" W x 8.64" (1.13 lbs) 96 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 86634
Reading Level: 4.2   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

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. This edition comes with a CD featuring 12 delightful readings from the book.

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


Contributor Bio(s): Silverstein, Shel: -

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.