Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!

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Hardcover
Author: Lynne Truss
Illustrator: Bonnie Timmons
Publisher: Putnam Young Readers
Publish Date: August 2006
Language: English
Reading Level: 1.6
EAN: 9780399244919

Overview

Punctuation play is at its finest in this New York Times #1 bestseller!

Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. You might want to eat a huge hot dog, but a huge, hot dog would run away pretty quickly if you tried to take a bite out of him. And a sign saying “Eat here and get gas” would hint at a very different odor than “Eat here, and get gas.”

This picture book is sure to elicit gales of laughter–and better punctuation–from all who read it.

#1 New York Times Bestseller
Book Sense Book of the Year Honor Book
KidsReads.com Best Book of the Year

Details

Pages: 32
Dimensions: 7.26 x 10.8 x 0.41 in
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0399244913

Awards

2009 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee (Nonfiction)
2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Honor Book (Children's Literature)