NW Book Lovers

Most of the time, a sticker proclaiming a title is a “NEW BOOK” is sort of self-evident, but in the case of Shel Silverstein, an actual new book is worth getting out of bed, rushing through your morning oat bran, and heading on down to the bookstore early. Runny Babbit Returns is a collection of tongue-twisting poems about that infamous floppy-eared character of Silverstein’s who has a tendency to swap letters, leading to goofy situations and contorted phrasing that—oddly enough—gets more familiar …