Punctuation Takes a Vacation - Hardcover

Pulver, Robin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823416879 ISBN 13: 9780823416875

Publisher: Holiday House, 2003

Synopsis

Commas, periods, excalmation points, question marks, colons, apostrophes, quotation marks: take your places. 10:00 A.M. Time to study us. Learn how punctuation marks work together to make reading and writing flow smoothly.

About this title

About the Author:

Robin Pulver is the author of the popular Mrs. Toggle books: Mrs. Toggle's Class Picture Day; Mrs. Toggle and the Dinosaur; Mrs. Toggle's Beautiful Blue Shoe; and Mrs. Toggle's Zipper. Her other picture books include The Holiday Handwriting School; Way to Go, Alex!; and Axle Annie. She lives in Pittsford, New York.

From AudioFile:

From the opening sound effects of an airplane--"This is your pilot speaking"--this is an engaging recording. What would we do without punctuation marks? Mr. Wright and his class explore this notion as they begin a class read-aloud that has no punctuation. "Thisisweirdthepunctuationismissinguhohwherecoulditbeyikes!" John Beach rises to the challenge of giving each punctuation mark its own distinctive vocal sound. He articulates each postcard from each vacationing punctuation mark with its specific sound effect. The results are hilarious when Mr. Wrongo's class writes an urgent letter, and the punctuation ends up in entirely wrong locations. It will take several "listens" before the vocals add to the humor of this story and are not a distraction, but it's well worth making the effort. A.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0823416879
• ISBN 13: 9780823416875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 36
• Illustrator: Read Lynn Rowe