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Runny Babbit : A Billy Sook
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Hardcover - 15 March, 2005
HarperCollins
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Author: Shel Silverstein
ISBN: 0060256532
Number of Media: 1
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| Hardcover Description 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 |
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Another winner by Shel Silverstein Silly and Fun! I have read this to my 5 year old granddaughter - she loved it but I had to 'translate' some of it for her so I would say it would be appreciated by slightly older kids (6 or 7 year olds would get it faster). The illustrations a simple and lovely.
unique Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Goctor Doose, and Millie Woose, have lots of adventures. Some of them include going to the doctor, learning to knit and get a hair cut. The first letter to some of the word in each poems are switched around. This makes it really funny to read aloud. They are like tounge twisters.
Sometimes the way the words we mixed up make it hard to understand what the autor was trying to say. Young children will find this really hard.
Children and adults who enjoy Shel Silverstein should read this books. It's not like his other works at all.
What a lovely "Billy Sook" I hadn't thought about Shel Silverstein in quite a while. I grew up with "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "Falling Up," but they've been boxed up for years. However, I discovered "Runny Babbit" in a package from Mom to get me through my finals week at college!! Wonderful. It may be written for children, but it really brightened the day for a few stressed Ivy Leaguers! As always, giggle-inducing illustrations, and a fun (painless!) introduction to poetry for young readers. Buy it for yourself, for your 8 year old, or for your college student. |
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