"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."

Reviews

Gr 2-8-The format is similar to Silverstein's earlier collections, but these poems, focusing on a young rabbit, are written in spoonerisms, phonemic wordplay in which the first sounds in one or more pair of words are swapped. Runny's interactions with friends and family and his mischievous escapades are detailed in contagious nonsensical verse that begs to be mimicked. Audio version available from HarperAudio. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.