Eats, Shoots & Leaves : Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!

Eats, Shoots & Leaves : Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!
ISBN: 9780399244919
Publication Date: 1 August 2006

Young and young-at-heart sticklers, unite!

Lynne Truss and illustrator Bonnie Timmons provide hilarious proof that punctuation really does matter.

Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely.

This picture book is sure to elicit gales of laughter, and better punctuation, from all who read it.

Illuminating the comical confusion the lowly comma can cause, this new edition uses lively, subversive illustrations to show how misplacing or leaving out a comma can change the meaning of a sentence completely.

This picture book adaptation of the "New York Times" bestseller is sure to elicit gales of laughter, and better punctuation, from all who read it.

About the Author

Lynne Truss is a writer and journalist who started out as a literary editor with a blue pencil and then got sidetracked. The author of three novels and numerous radio comedy dramas, she spent six years as the television critic of The Times of London, followed by four (rather peculiar) years as a sports columnist for the same newspaper. She won Columnist of the Year for her work for Women's Journal. Lynne Truss also hosted Cutting a Dash, a popular BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation.