{"product_id":"babble-isbn-9780735265837","title":"Babble!","description":"\u003cb\u003eA village is torn apart by its residents' inability to communicate, until a little girl shares the gift of punctuation in this humorous illustrated parable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChaos reigns in the village of Babble! All day, the residents fight, yell and argue, and no one is heard or understood . . . until a mysterious little girl arrives and gives the locals something very strange: a period. But what is this thing that looks like a freckle or a spot? The villagers don't even know how to ask. However, as the girl begins to share more gifts — a question mark, quotation marks — the residents slowly learn how to communicate. But when more fights arise and disaster strikes, can punctuation truly save the day?\"[W]ill make children laugh and learn in equal measure.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[R]eaders . . . will come away with a new appreciation for the value of these inconspicuous dots and squiggles.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBabble!\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eHarold and the Purple Crayon\u003c\/i\u003e for the grammarian . . . it's a collective effort to make sense of the way we all communicate with each other. This picture book . . . reminds us not to take these symbols for granted.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Caroline Adderson gives children (and adults) an easy way to remember how and when to use punctuation marks. . . . \u003ci\u003eBabble!\u003c\/i\u003e will make a useful classroom tool and an enjoyable independent reading book for young learners. Highly recommended.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCM Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Inventive and engaging. . . . [A] finely crafted fable about the importance of communication, language, listening, understanding and cooperation. . . . Sure to become a classic favourite, \u003ci\u003eBabble! And How Punctuation Saved It\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCanadian Children's Book News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] charming little book. . . . \u003ci\u003eBabble!\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightful parable that will instruct and entertain both young and old alike.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dispatch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"One of the most inventive illustrated children’s books. . . . [R]eaders leave the book with a healthy respect for words and the tools they need to do their job. \u003ci\u003eBabble!\u003c\/i\u003e’s subtle mix of practical knowledge and poetic fancy will send readers back to the book many times.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImaginary Elevators\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Adderson brings grammar to life. . . . This treatise on the power of punctuation concludes with an important (though not pedantic) message about listening to and really understanding one another.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoplin Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAROLINE ADDERSON\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author of more than twenty books for children of all ages, including picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels and short stories. As well as accumulating many stars, Caroline’s children’s books have won the Diamond Willow Award, the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children's Story Award, the Sheila Egoff Award, and the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Four of her titles have been Junior Library Guild Selections and have appeared on numerous Best Book lists. Her nominations include the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Canadian Library Association's Children's Book of the Year, the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, multiple Chocolate Lily Book Awards, the Rocky Mountain Book Award, and the Shining Willow Award. Caroline lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband and her bad dog Arlo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eROMAN MURADOV\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning editorial artist and graphic novelist who has created illustrations for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Criterion, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, Warby Parker, NPR, \u003ci\u003eMonocle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucky Peach\u003c\/i\u003e, Apple, Google, Airbnb, Lyft, Patreon and Dropbox, as well as the covers of the Penguin Classics Centennial Editions of James Joyce's \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won multiple medals from the Society of Illustrators as well as the Young Guns Award from the Art Directors Club, and his work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Illustration\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCreative Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.","brand":"Tundra Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303800754405,"sku":"NP9780735265837","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780735265837.jpg?v=1767722041","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/babble-isbn-9780735265837","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}