The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes!
A comanion to the New York Times #1 best-seller Eats, Shoots & Leaves, this is punctuation play at its finest!
Just as the use of commas was hilariously demystified in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!, now Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons put their talents together to do the same for apostrophes. Everyone needs to know where to put an apostrophe to make a word plural or possessive (Are those sticky things your brother's or your brothers?) and leaving one out of a contraction can give someone the completely wrong impression (Were here to help you).
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Just as the use of commas was hilariously demystified in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!, now Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons put their talents together to do the same for apostrophes. Everyone needs to know where to put an apostrophe to make a word plural or possessive (Are those sticky things your brother's or your brothers?) and leaving one out of a contraction can give someone the completely wrong impression (Were here to help you).
Full of silly scenes that show how apostrophes make a difference, too, this is another picture book that will elicit bales of laughter and better punctuation from all who read it.
A New York Times Bestseller
Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Winner
The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes!
A comanion to the New York Times #1 best-seller Eats, Shoots & Leaves, this is punctuation play at its finest!
Just as the use of commas was hilariously demystified in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!, now Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons put their talents together to do the same for apostrophes. Everyone needs to know where to put an apostrophe to make a word plural or possessive (Are those sticky things your brother's or your brothers?) and leaving one out of a contraction can give someone the completely wrong impression (Were here to help you).
Just as the use of commas was hilariously demystified in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!, now Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons put their talents together to do the same for apostrophes. Everyone needs to know where to put an apostrophe to make a word plural or possessive (Are those sticky things your brother's or your brothers?) and leaving one out of a contraction can give someone the completely wrong impression (Were here to help you).
Full of silly scenes that show how apostrophes make a difference, too, this is another picture book that will elicit bales of laughter and better punctuation from all who read it.
A New York Times Bestseller
Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Winner
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780399247064 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
Publication date: | 07/10/2007 |
Pages: | 32 |
Sales rank: | 1,095,484 |
Product dimensions: | 10.88(w) x 7.31(h) x 0.32(d) |
Lexile: | 510L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 6 - 9 Years |
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