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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! | 
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| Author: Lynne Truss
Creator: Bonnie Timmons
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
Buy New: $5.95
You Save: $10.04 (63%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 7084
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 7.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0399244913
Dewey Decimal Number: 428.2
UPC: 048228015994
EAN: 9780399244919
ASIN: 0399244913
Publication Date: July 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New - may have a small remainder mark on the edge.
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Product Description
Young and young-at-heart sticklers, unite! Lynne Truss and illustrator Bonnie Timmons provide hilarious proof that punctuation really does matter. 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 laughterand better punctuationfrom all who read it.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 33 more reviews...
 Learn grammar! April 14, 2008
This is a great book to use when teaching commas- it really gets the point across to students why commas matter.
 Oooh, so close. September 19, 2007
I thought this book was a lot of fun and could be helpful to someone who is struggling with comma placement. I wish I'd had this when I was in elementary school! However, I'm only giving it four stars because there is one example (maybe more, but I'm no expert) that is flat out wrong in its comma placement. Hello! I didn't notice any mistakes in the sequel, called The Girls' Like Spaghetti. That one has the same format as this one, but is about apostrophes. Very cute!
Not only for kids for also for young adults September 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am and English teacher in Mexico City and I bought "Eats, shoots & leaves" to use it with my students (25-30 y.o.) who were careless with their punctuation. After reading it they finally understood in a clear and fun way, how important punctuation is. They all enjoyed the book. I do too! It's a great tool for this purpose. I fully recommend it.
Uses humor to get the point across August 13, 2007
As a teacher of students with learning disabilities, I am always looking for something to teach needed skills in a new way. By the time they reach high school, students should have learned grammar and punctuation rules - but all too often haven't. I suspect this is partly because of the way they have been taught in the past, and I have found that presenting the information in a new and often humorous way helps students assimilate learning they have missed in previous years. I have used the original Eats, Shoots and Leaves in class, and the pictures in this version will be even more useful.
Great book for children of many ages June 9, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I ordered this book thinking it might be too young for my 9-year-old daughter. However, when it arrived it was pored over by not only my 9-year-old, but her 13-year-old brother as well. The copy I sent to my sister's children (ages 5 and 7) was also well-received.
I recommend this book as a fun tool to teach and to re-enforce proper comma usage. It is a subtle and pain-free way to influence your child's writing skills for good. Buy the book. You won't regret it.
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