Does your child love punctuation?! Try This!
! (Exclamation Mark)
Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Illustrator: Tom Lichtenheld
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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! is an exceptional book about an exclamation mark that longs to be like his friends (period).☺ When a question mark annoys him with a barrage of questions, ! loses his cool. Lucky for him, when he screams “STOP!” he learns not only his true calling in life, but how “…to make his mark.” A fantastic book!
Awards: Parents’ Spring 2013 Picture Books Silver Honor; Bank Street Books Best Book of 2014; 2015 California Young Reader Medal winner; Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of 2013; Newsday Top 10 Children’s Books of 2013; A Junior Library Guild selection; School Library Journal, Best Books of 2013; Bank Street College of Education 2014 Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adult; Selected for Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2014; Master List, 2013 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens
Eats More, Shoots & Leaves: Why, ALL Punctuation Marks Matter!
Author: Lynne Truss
Illustrator: Bonnie Timmons
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Recommended Age Range: 6 to 9
Punctuation Takes a Vacation
Author: Robin Pulver
Illustrator: Lynn Rowe Reed
Publisher: Scholastic (Pbk.)
Recommended Age Range: 5 to 8
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Awards: Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection (a dual selection with Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day); Children’s Choice Award; an SLJ Best Book of 2003; Winner, 2003 Chapman Award (given by PlanetEsme.com for Best Classroom Read-Aloud; The Bank Street College Children’s Book Committee List Best Books of 2003