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Runny Babbit Book and Abridged CD

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I have a very sentimental reason for loving this book. I received it as a gift from my parents for two reasons:
1 - Everyone in our family talks upside down and backwards, especially me. I can hardly spit out three sentances without turning around the letters in some words, somehow. It is a great source of entertainment in my family, especially when my sisters and I are all together trying to out-talk each other. Then the belly laughs really start.
2 - I once had a cassette tape of A Light In The Attic. I listened to it every night at bedtime until finally the tape wore so thin that it broke. I have almost every single Shel Silverstein book, and I even won second place in a poetry recitation in grade school for reciting "Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out". I just find great joy in reading his stories and poetry.
Runny Babbit was a wonderful gift to recieve, especially for someone like me, who gets a kick out of my own speech problems. It is still one of my favorites in my Shel Silverstein books and I often pull it out just to get a good laugh.

Great book for all ages, a must have for collectors of Shel Silverstein's works.

Wonderful book to take and read in the car on long trips. The cd is fantastic.

The Runny Babbit and accompanying CD is surely bound for my granddaughter and I know she will get years of enjoyment from both. Both of my daughters were fans of Shel Silverstein's works and my youngest daughter took great delight in reciting some of her favorite Silverstein works. Shel Silverstein's playful use of rhyme and vocabulary in unique ways endears him to readers of all ages, but especially children. He makes the English language fun and that is demonstrated in the Runny Babbit.

You'll wove this lork.

Peace to all.

Shel Silverstein, the popular children's poet, kept one of his best works until the end of his life. Published posthumously, this collection of silly rhymes about a bunny might be a merely pleasant diversion, except for the fact that most phrases have some consonants switched around, producing very funny results, as in:

Dankee Yoodle tent to wown
Piding on a rony
He stuck a heather in his fat
And malled it cacaroni

This kind of wordplay is likely to produce gales of laughter in a preschool/elementary audience, and it's an easy device for young kids to try out in regular conversation, creating a private family joke. One caution: adults ought to know in advance how they are going to respond when kids accidentally produce vulgar words.)

This text is a little hard to read aloud, but there's an abridged CD available, and the performance by Dennis Locorriere is quite good.

The book came well within the estimated delivery date. The only issues, which were small, were the 'watermark' stain was actually mold and the book had already been inscribed. I did buy it used and paid an extremely fair price, it was bought as a novelty gift for a friend and they loved it, mold, old yet modified inscription and all.

My maiden name is Spooner and it was amuzing to read this book full of Spoonerisms.

The book is very good, whoever knows and likes Shel Silverstein will not be disappointed. However, I had to purchase it from the British Amazon, since only several days after the order filed with Amazon.com I received a message saying that the goods could not have been delivered to me. I had previously received several different shippings from Amazon.com at my current address in the Czech Republic. I think Amazon.com just stopped shipping overseas (too costly?) but didn't bother to inform us. Maybe the dollar rates falling, who knows the real reason. Luckilly I got Runny Babbit cheaper and quick from Amazon.co.uk. Does anybody know how to cancel the useless ads coming from Amazon.com now? :-)

This is a very entertaining book in perfectly new condition. I would have paid nearly $10 more for it had I purchased it at the mall.

The book was recieved a timely manner and in good shape. However,the CD was not in the package. My son was too excited for me to return it and inquire about the CD.