Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!

by Lynne Truss

Book Overview

Punctuation play is at its finest in this New York Times #1 bestseller

Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely. You might want to eat a huge hot dog, but a huge, hot dog would run away pretty quickly if you tried to take a bite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399244913
• ISBN13: 9780399244919
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.8" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4