Punctuation Takes a Vacation, Robin Pulver
Punctuation Takes a Vacation, Robin Pulver
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Punctuation Takes a Vacation

Author: Robin Pulver

Narrator: John Beach

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 05/30/2009


Synopsis

"This is that rare audiobook that truly makes the print version come alive. The sound effects alone are priceless, with homage to Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin. If you've ever wondered what punctuation marks sound like, Beach provides hilarious voices and sound effects for each one. A masterful, creative, amusing, must-have production that simplifies the rules of punctuation."- School Library Journal A Live Oak Media audio production.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Moonkiszt on October 14, 2022

Featured in a grandma reads session. Me and my group - we are word lovers, writing lovers. . .a spellbinding sentence gets you far in our family. . .or at least a very genuine "awwwwwwww." To take our best tools, personify them and give them a book where they get to go on vacay? Of course. We are in!......more

Goodreads review by Jim on February 23, 2013

an outbreak in the traits of writing epidemic i would have liked it more if the author had done far more to play with absent punctuation but the narration kept its punctuation and it never really seemed to disappear there was only one passage with punctuation gone and then one passage the kids wrote......more

Goodreads review by Lancer on July 26, 2011

Pretty cute book that provides examples and non-examples of basic punctuation marks (period, exclamation point, question mark, comma, apostrophe & colon). Goes with some writing lessons at www.writingfix.com, specifically at [URL not allowed] and at [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 16, 2016

This is a wonderful book to teach the importance of punctuation and what happens when it is left out. I think that this book would be excellent for a writer's workshop.......more