Product Description

"Eats, Shoots & Leaves" has sold over 3 million copies world-wide. This illustrated follow-up for children shows how confusing the world would be without apostrophes, and how they can completely change the meaning of a sentence. A giant kids' playground certainly sounds like fun, but you might want to watch out in the giant kid's playground; he has a tendency to step on people. A sign stating, "we're here to help", would definitely disappoint the customers if the apostrophe were removed. Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons once again illustrate the hilarious confusion that punctuation can cause. Having dealt with the comma in "Eats, Shoots & Leaves for Children", here they take on the apostrophe using lively, subversive pictures from one of America's leading illustrators and show how much chaos can ensue from one tiny squiggle.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51044 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Review
"'An amusing, colourful and educational book that helps children to get to grips with that all-important "little dot with a tail".' Observer 'Lynne Truss is taking primary schools to task in her battle for grammatical correctness.' Times Educational Supplement 'A hilarious illustrated version for children highlighting the confusion that can occur when a comma is put in the wrong place... Great for children and adults alike.' Bookseller"

Truss follows up her hilarious guide to comma placement with a sequel focusing on the trickier concept of apostrophes. She begins with a two-page introduction explaining the use of the apostrophe in possessives, contractions and in the challenging choice of "its" vs. "it's." Each consecutive spread follows the simple but clever layout used in the preceding volume, using a minimum of text with large, appealing illustrations in Timmons's distinctive, understated style. The left-hand page shows a simple sentence or phrase without the use of the apostrophe, while the facing page adds an apostrophe that changes the meaning. For example, in "the dogs like my dad," several dogs cavort around a man with wild hair and a beard. In "the dog's like my dad," the hairy man is walking just one dog with similar red hair. Some sentence pairs are whimsical while others are laugh-out-loud funny, but the entire text is easy to understand through the charming watercolor-and-ink illustrations. The final spread shows each of the previous pages in miniature with short explanations of the grammatical terms and issues. (Picture book/nonfiction. 6-10) (Kirkus Reviews)

About the Author
Lynne Truss is constantly tempted to correct punctuation on signs, advertisements, posters and more. A regular presenter on Radio 4 and a Times columnist, her book on manners, Talk to the Hand, was a top ten bestseller in 2005. She lives in Brighton. Bonnie Timmons is best known for illustrating numerous national ad campaigns. She lives in Coatsville, Pennsylvania.