Originally published in 1961, The
Silly Book has not aged. It’s simply
a silly book, and maybe young children will like it, but it adults are probable
the ones who would benefit more from it. 
It revels in silliness, silly names, silly rhymes and non-rhymes, silly
stories, silly drawings, and silly jokes. 

"SILLY BACKWARDS TALK

The things I like to east best for fastbreak are juice orange, mealoat,
and cakepans."

Generally, children don’t need much excuse or encouragement
to be silly, but adults sometimes forget how to, and Stoo
Hample’s book may help them to remember.  The illustrations are lots of fun, featuring Boodleheimer the dog, a little boy called J.B., and a few
other children, adults and strange creatures. 

© 2004 Christian Perring. All rights
reserved.

Christian
Perring, Ph.D., is Academic Chair of the Arts & Humanities
Division and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Dowling College, Long Island. He is also editor of Metapsychology Online Review. 
His main research is on philosophical issues in medicine, psychiatry and
psychology.

Categories: Children