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

Truss, Lynne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399244913 ISBN 13: 9780399244919

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

Punctuation play at its finest!

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.

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

About this title

Review:

The point is to make children laugh while swallowing their grammatical medicine - and do they ever. (Wall Street Journal)

Lynne Truss is taking primary schools to task in her battle for grammatical correctness (Times Educational Supplement)

A hilarious illustrated version for children highlighting the confusion that can occur when a comma is put in the wrong place...Great for children and adults alike. (The Bookseller)

an amusing, colourful and educational book that helps children to get to grips with that all-important "little dot with the tail" (Observer)

About the Author:

Lynne Truss is a writer and journalist who started out as a literary editor with a blue pencil and then got sidetracked. The author of three novels and numerous radio comedy dramas, she spent six years as the television critic of The Times of London, followed by four (rather peculiar) years as a sports columnist for the same newspaper. She won Columnist of the Year for her work for Women's Journal. Lynne Truss also hosted Cutting a Dash, a popular BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation. She now reviews books for the Sunday Times of London and is a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4. She lives in Brighton, England.
BONNIE TIMMONS is best known for inspiring and creating images for the television show Caroline in the City and illustrating numerous national ad campaigns.

About this edition

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0399244913
• ISBN 13: 9780399244919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Timmons Bonnie