{"product_id":"eats-more-shoots-leaves-isbn-9781984815743","title":"Eats MORE, Shoots \u0026 Leaves","description":"\u003cb\u003eLaugh your way to punctuation perfection with this pocket-sized paperback compendium of the hilariously illustrated #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClever side-by-side illustrations show how punctuation placement makes a huge difference in the meaning of a sentence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eImagine 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! 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 out of him. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eScenes from all three of Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons’s best-selling punctuation picture books (\u003ci\u003eEats, Shoots \u0026amp; Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl's Like Spaghetti\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Twenty-Odd Ducks\u003c\/i\u003e) highlight the important jobs of commas, apostrophes, hyphens, quotation marks, and more in this humorous punctuation primer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Wordplay or ‘grammarplay’ at its finest.” —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003eLynne Truss is a writer and journalist who started out as a literary editor with a blue pencil and then got sidetracked. The author of three novels and numerous radio comedy dramas, she spent six years as the television critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e of London, followed by four (rather peculiar) years as a sports columnist for the same newspaper. She won Columnist of the Year for her work for \u003ci\u003eWomen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Lynne Truss also hosted \u003ci\u003eCutting a Dash\u003c\/i\u003e, a popular BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation. She now reviews books for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eof London and is a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBonnie Timmons is best known for inspiring and creating images for the television show \u003ci\u003eCaroline in the City\u003c\/i\u003e and illustrating numerous national ad campaigns.","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300268134629,"sku":"NP9781984815743","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781984815743.jpg?v=1767725841","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/eats-more-shoots-leaves-isbn-9781984815743","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}