Overview
Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a baker's shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This appealing primer is a surefire way to make punctuation both accessible and fun for kids.
Full Product Details
Author: Elsa Knight Bruno ,
Jenny Whitehead
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Imprint: Square Fish
Dimensions:
Width: 21.50cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 28.00cm
Weight: 0.136kg
ISBN: 9781250003355
ISBN 10: 1250003350
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 03 July 2012
Recommended Age: From 6 to 9 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Language: English
Reviews
Here's a poetic way to learn punctuation--14 rhyming poems, with illustrated examples of hyphens, colons and other acrobatic punctuation at work. It's playfully instructive. USA Today Teachers presenting punctuation will be glad to have such a lighthearted interpretation of the topic to share with their classes. Booklist For those looking for a quick punctuation review in a fresh style, this will do nicely. Kirkus Reviews Bruno's writing is clear and lively throughout. . . . Bright collages of children of various ethnicities engaged in diverse activities complement the text. . . . Bruno's comprehensive approach to the topic offers good value to smaller collections. School Library Journal
Praise for Punctuation Celebration <p> Here's a poetic way to learn punctuation--14 rhyming poems, with illustrated examples of hyphens, colons and other acrobatic punctuation at work. It's playfully instructive. -- USA Today <p> Teachers presenting punctuation will be glad to have such a lighthearted interpretation of the topic to share with their classes. -- Booklist <p> For those looking for a quick punctuation review in a fresh style, this will do nicely. -- Kirkus Reviews <p> Bruno's writing is clear and lively throughout. . . . Bright collages of children of various ethnicities engaged in diverse activities complement the text. . . . Bruno's comprehensive approach to the topic offers good value to smaller collections. -- School Library Journal
Author Information
Elsa Knight Bruno taught kindergarten for twenty-nine years. She has published fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in many children's magazines. This is her first picture book. She lives in Sylvania, Ohio. Jenny Whitehead is the author-illustrator of Holiday Stew: A Kid's Portion of Holiday and Seasonal Poems and Lunch Box Mail and Other Poems. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
