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

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The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes!
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By: Lynne Truss
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EDITORIAL REVIEW

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.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Pub. Date: 1st July 2007
Catalog: Book
Media: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Pages: 32

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USER REVIEWS

Kids Love Apostrophes
~ Written on Dec 8, 2007. 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.

I teach Language Arts to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders (in the same classroom). They loved this book and often choose to read it on their own!

An excellent grammar fun book
~ Written on Nov 4, 2007. 2 out of 2 users found this review helpful.

Lynn Truss' THE GIRL'S LIKE SPAGHETTI: WHY YOU CAN'T MANAGE WITHOUT APOSTROPHES is an excellent grammar fun book which blends humor with pointed comments on how grammar can make a different in content. Examples of statements with and without apostrophes are presented in facing pages demonstrating how very different intentions can be with the wrong grammar choice. Many an adult will love this approach, also!

The Girl's Like Spaghetti is great!
~ Written on Aug 17, 2007. 7 out of 7 users found this review helpful.

I ordered this book to use in my 6th grade classroom. The pictures show the meaning of similar sentences with and without apostrophes. Using this book brings humor to reinforcing correct punctuation in writing for students and adults alike. The book includes the rules used to know when and where to use apostrophes. This is truly a fun way to learn punctuation.

Fun,factual and funny
~ Written on Aug 10, 2007. 7 out of 7 users found this review helpful.

For those who love books written by Lynn Truss, this one is for you. The clear explanation of how to use apostrophes, along with the clever illustrations make this a book to share with children you love to read to.

Eats, Roots and Leaves for Kids
~ Written on Aug 7, 2007. 5 out of 6 users found this review helpful.

Having read and greatly valued Truss' first venture into punctuation books, this was a disappointment.
It may have been because the advertising was misleading or I didn't read it closely enough, but I didn't realise this was, in fact, a kid's book, not for adults.
The title is clear enough; it's about the use of apostrophes, (and indeed, nothing else).
As an introduction to punctuation for children NOT BEFORE TIME, it's great.
The examples of apostrophe misuse (and the vaguely amusing illustrations of them) are good and work well for anyone, but particularly for the 12-15 year old group.
I'd really like to see another Eats, Roots, and Leaves with all the fascinating real world examples of the misuse of punctuation. I hoped this was it; but it wasn't.
If you are keen on good written English (like me) you may want to get a copy for you school aged children.

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