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!

Author: Shel Silverstein
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 01/06/2015
Pages: 96
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.64h x 7.64w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780060256531
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 86634 / Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook


Award: 2007 Buckeye Children's Book Award Nominee - Grades 6-8
Award: 2005 Quill Awards Winner - Children's Illustrated
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award Nominee - Grades K-2
Award: 2005 Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) Winner - Recommended
Award: 2007 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee - Junior Book
Award: 2008 Garden State Children's Book Awards Winner - Children's Nonfiction


Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2005 pg. 403
Booklist 05/01/2005 pg. 1588
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 392 - Superior,Well Above Average
Publishers Weekly 01/17/2005 pg. 54
Ingram Advance 03/01/2005 pg. 36
Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2005 pg. 295
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2005 pg. 343
School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 127

About the Author
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.