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Punctuation Celebration by Elsa Knight Bruno, illustrated by Jenny Whitehead. Holt, 2009. 978-0-8050-7973-9 Teaching punctuation will be easier, more creative, and enormously more fun once teachers have Punctuation Celebration in hand. A Punctuation Field Day is the frame story that introduces the various punctuation mark "players," including period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, apostrophe, quotation marks, colon, semi-colon, parentheses, elipses, dash and hyphen. A double page spread dedicated to each punctuation mark includes a rhyming verse defining the mark and its use as well as a poem appropriately utilizing the mark multiple times. Bright illustrations in gouache and cut paper lend personality to the cast of characters, marks and silly humans alike. This clever book will be a welcome addition to every elementary classroom where teachers will want to post the explanatory poems--and perhaps challenge students to memorize them-and surely invite students to create their own usage poems. School libraries may want to consider purchasing two copies. Suggested Grades: K-Fifth ~ Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com> Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita Buxton, ME 04093 http://www.tonibuzzeo.com Adventure Annie Goes to Work , illustrated by Amy Wummer (Dial 2009) BRAND NEW! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ --------------------------------------------------------------------