Punctuation Celebration [Hardcover]

Elsa Knight Bruno (Author), Jenny Whitehead (Illustrator)

Book Description

Release date: July 21, 2009 | Age Range: 6 - 9 years

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.

Editorial Reviews

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Praise for Punctuation Celebration:

“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

About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Age Range: 6 - 9 years
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); First Edition edition (July 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805079734
• ISBN-13: 978-0805079739
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #799,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun way of learning punctuation July 24, 2009

By Midwest Book Review

Format:Hardcover

Punctuation marks come to life in a series of fourteen fun poems in which punctuation marks take a lively role in stopping trains, sentences, and telling people what to do. A fun way of learning punctuation, this provides examples in lively, rollicking rhyme.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Celebrating PUNCTUATION CELEBRATION! A+ Grade! August 30, 2009

By Joel Katte

Format:Hardcover

What a great book to teach readers of all ages the power of punctuation! Lively illustrations make the lessons jump off the page. Any classroom using the Six Traits of Writing will benefit from reading this book when stressing the importance of conventions. In the age of texting and IMing, this book reminds us what is missed when we become careless with our punctuation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Punctuation Celebration December 13, 2009

By Richard D. Lewis

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Purchased the book for 9 year old grand daughter. The book provides children with easy method of determining punctuation. I would have liked this book at her age. I also know Mrs Bruno and this is the best of her works.