Shel Silverstein
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In this "billy sook," which was a 20-year work-in-progress, readers are introduced to Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Goctor Doose, and Millie Woose, and are encouraged to plunge headlong into this phonemic flip-flop world of funny poems. "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." Complete with signature comical bold line drawings that provide visual clues,...
7) Falling up
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Twelve new poems and drawings selected from the Silverstein archives.
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There are lots of things a rhino can do around one's house, including eating bad report cards before one's parents can see them, tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack, and collecting extra allowance. It is a hilarious look at the joys of having a rhinoceros as your friend, with Silverstein's signature humor and black-and-white artwork.