A Billy Sook

book coverI came across a book by Shel Silverstein which was completed just before he died in 1999. Its title is Runny Babbit and it’s a poetry book that interchanges the first letters of certain words. It’s really a good read because you sort of try to figure out what the interchanged words are as you read along. Confused enough? Well here’s a sample of a boem from the pook, ooops! I meant poem from the book!

 

RUNNY’S HEADING RABITS

Runny lent to the wibrary

And there were bundreds of hooks-

Bistory hooks, beography gooks,

And lots of bory stooks.

He looked them over one by one

And guess which one he took-

A bience sook? A boetry pook?

Oh, no — a bomic cook!

 

I had a lot of fun reading this topsy-turvy book… maybe you will too. It’s in the children’s fiction area of the library. Yee sah!