The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes!

The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes!A comanion to the 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?)

A comanion to the 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).

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/10/2007
ISBN: 9780399247064
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 7.26h x 10.78w x 0.37d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/2007 pg. 614
School Library Journal 07/01/2007 pg. 95
Booklist 07/01/2007 pg. 53
PW Notes and Reprints 07/23/2007 pg. 71

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 115938 / Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes!
Reading Level: 3.3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5