![]() ![]() A little of this may go a long way with adult readers, but it’s the kind of comedy that can will have kids riding the giggle express-with stops for nuttered boodles, of course. 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. There’s even a pretty good flatulence spoonerism, courtesy of a “dire-breathin’ fragon” (“If I’m inpited to your varty,/ Then I’ll fart your stire for you”). Runny Babbit is Shel Silverstein's hilarious and New York Times- bestselling book of spoonerismswords or phrases with letters or syllables swapped: bunny rabbit becomes Runny Babbit. Others speak to a growing sense of agency, as when he puts a caged “lighty mion” in his place (“ ‘And what are you, you shrittle limp?’/ And Runny answered, ‘Free.’ ”). Some poems feel like a silly exaggeration of kid life: Runny Babbit loves “nuttered boodles” so much that he marries them (“You may biss the kride” says the officiant). Through 41 short verses, readers follow the eponymous rabbit-whose floppy ears are complemented by a perpetual look of surprise-back into the woods for tongue-twisting adventures and encounters. Hence, this follow-up to 2005’s posthumous “billy sook,” Runny Babbit. All of the poems on this page were selected from the book Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook. ![]() ![]() Runny Babbit is Shel Silverstein's hilarious and New York Times-bestselling book of spoonerismswords or phrases with letters or. Turns out there were more “completed but unassembled” spoonerism poems and accompanying b&w line drawings in the Silverstein vault. 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. ![]()
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