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He stood out here. He stood out there. He tried everything to be more like them. It's not easy being seen. Especially when you're NOT like everyone else. Especially when what sets you apart is YOU. Sometimes we squish ourselves to fit in. We shrink. Twist. Bend. Until -- ! -- a friend shows the way to endless possibilities. In this bold and highly visual book, an emphatic but misplaced exclamation point learns that being different can be very exciting!...
3) Punctuation
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Exclamation points, periods, question marks, and commas--all these are common forms of punctuation, and each has the potential to prove confusing to kids learning grammar. Discover the proper use of punctuation and find out why it's such an important concept to master. Additional features to aid comprehension include colorful photos, a table of contents, sources for further research including websites, information about the author, activities for...
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Who cares about commas, semicolons, dashes, and hyphens? Well, you should. A misplaced punctuation mark can confuse physicians and surgeons, cause thousands of dollars in legal fees, misinform judges, puzzle bankers, misguide stockbrokers...and create lumps in your pudding.
You don't need a teacher with a mouthful of jargon to help you understand how to make yourself clearly understood. Better Punctuation in 30 Minutes a Day will help you teach yourself....
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From the popular blog, a hilarious and horrifying survey of quotation mark abuse in all its forms.
From the sarcastic to the suggestive, here are quotation marks as we love them best, doing horrible damage to the English language. Who wouldn't have second thoughts about ordering the "hamburger" on the diner's menu? Would it be best to skip the "blowout" sale at the department store? What hidden price must be paid for something marked "free"? Assembled...
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All aboard! Join a family of giraffes on their journey to Punctuation Station. As the train chugs along, you'll learn the ins and outs of using periods, commas, apostrophes, question marks, hyphens, quotation marks, and exclamation points! Playful rhymes from Brian P. Cleary and colorful illustrations from Joanne Lew-Vriethoff make learning about punctuation fun. So hop on board - this is one train ride you don't want to miss!
12) Punctuation
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Kingfisher
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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A collection of wacky characters explain how to use English language puctuation marks correctly.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Can learning about punctuation really be fun? You bet--in Elsa Knight Bruno's Punctuation Celebration, featuring illlustrations by Jenny Whitehead
Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a baker's shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This appealing primer is a surefire way to make punctuation...
19) Commas
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Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"An illustrated guide to the punctuation marks known as commas, including descriptions and examples of how to properly use them with coordinating conjunctions and as dividers in sentences"--
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"People got along without punctuation for hundreds of years. Can you imagine that once upon a time there weren't even spaces between words? Today, most of us take punctuation for granted. This wonderfully illustrated book follows the history and purpose of punctuation in the English language and how its development made writing easier to understand."--