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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100399250581
ISBN-139780399250583
eBay Product ID (ePID)66016375
Product Key Features
Book TitleTwenty-Odd Ducks : Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts!
Number of Pages32 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLanguage Arts / General, Humor / Comic Strips & Cartoons, Language Arts / Grammar, Humor / General
Publication Year2008
IllustratorTimmons, Bonnie, Yes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorLynne Truss
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2007-045386
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromFirst Grade
Dewey Decimal428.2
Grade ToThird Grade
SynopsisLanguage play iincludes many punctuation marks in this companion to the New York Times #1 bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves ! Commas and apostrophes aren't the only punctuation marks that can cause big trouble if they're put in the wrong place. "Twenty-odd ducks" is an estimate of how many are waddling by, but "twenty odd ducks" would not only be a big group, but they'd look very strange! Imagine this without the middle period and the comma: "The king walked and talked. A half hour after, his head was cut off." Oh no--a beheaded king that can still walk and talk! Truss and Timmons put hyphens, parentheses, quotation marks, periods, and more in the spotlight, with silly scenes showing how which marks you choose and where you put them can cause hilarious mix-ups., Punctuation play at its finest Commas and apostrophes aren't the only punctuation marks that can cause big trouble if they're put in the wrong place. Now, Truss and Timmons put hyphens, parentheses, quotation marks, periods, and more in the spotlight, with silly scenes showing how which marks you choose and where you put them can cause hilarious mix-ups.