looking for name of kids story book that phrases a sentence in several ways to show the importance of grammar

Question

It's hard to explain better. The title of the book is a phrase and in the book the phrase is used severa ways, putting a comma in different places showing how the placement of a comma really matters in english sentences. I saw this book a Borders several months ago and now I can't find it since I neglected to get the title and/or the author.

Thanks.

Answer 1

It sounds like "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" by Lynne Truss, but that's not a children's book.

Editing my previous response: there is a children's version of "Eats, Shoots and Leaves."

"Grade 1-3–Truss's picture-book version of her adult bestseller tackles the topic of commas and what can go wrong when they are misused. The title is derived from an old joke in which a panda misunderstands correct panda behavior after reading a poorly punctuated wildlife guide. Versions of two identically worded sentences are presented side by side, demonstrating the difference in meaning achieved when a comma is added or subtracted. Timmons's humorous watercolor cartoons bring the point home. In one spread, the sentence on the left (Look at that huge hot dog!) is illustrated with a gigantic sausage, while that on the right (Look at that huge, hot dog!) shows a tall, sweltering canine."

Answer 2

I don't know about a children's book but someone wrote a book called Eats, Shoots & Leaves. It has a panda bear on the front climbing a ladder. Go to Amazon.com and look up that title to find the author! Good luck!

Answer 3

Probably "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation"

Here the link: http://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876