Source: From Librarything Early Reviewers program and Tundra Books for review. This in no way alters my opinion or review.
Publisher: Tundra Books
Publication Date: October 25, 2022
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Goodreads Synopsis:
A village is torn apart by its residents' inability to communicate, until a little girl shares the gift of punctuation in this humorous illustrated parable.Chaos reigns in the village of Babble! All day, the residents fight, yell and argue, and no one is heard or understood . . . until a mysterious little girl arrives and gives the locals something very strange: a period. But what is this thing that looks like a freckle or a spot? The villagers don't even know how to ask. However, as the girl begins to share more gifts -- a question mark, quotation marks -- the residents slowly learn how to communicate. But when more fights arise and disaster strikes, can punctuation truly save the day?
Review:
A cute book about punctuation. The book follows a stranger into a town of babbling, rambling people, they cannot communicate at all with the babble. The stranger gives them punctuation marks to help them with their sentences and to help them communicate better. She gives them a period, a question mark, some quotes, an exclaimation point, and some commas to help them find their way.
This children's book has a weird place and I am not sure where that is in the age group, I think it is somewhere between children's books and younger readers learning about language. It is a bit too wordy to be just a youth/children's book with minimal pictures to follow along and not wordy enough for older readers. I think that younger readers will have trouble understanding the concept of giving the town punctuation before having learned it, but it would be a fun book for a classroom when learning punctuation for sure!
I thought it was super cute either way and I can't wait to pass along to some parents for when the time is right to share with their little.
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