The Little Penguin Handbook [with MyWritingLab Access Code]

by Lester Faigley

The Little Penguin Handbook continues to revolutionize the way pocket handbooks present information. With more visuals and sample documents than other pocket handbooks, this handy full-color reference gives students just what they need to know about the writing and research processes, while providing extensive coverage of documentation and grammar. With a reorganized and expanded plagiarism chapter, new visual maps of the writing and research processes, an updated section on writing in the disciplines, and a new chapter on composing in online genres, The Little Penguin Handbook continues to be an invaluable resource for students in composition courses and in courses across the curriculum."

Genres: Textbooks, Writing, Reference, Nonfiction

280 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 29, 2006

Reviews

[Mitch Flitcroft · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great handbook for students that are about to start university. It contains chapters on all the essential stuff: researching, writing, grammar, punctuation, plagiarism, and more. The content is concise and easy to read.

The 100 pages on the Harvard, APA, MLA, and CMS documentation styles is a bit unnecessary. There's no point learning all four of them because most students will only need to master one or two during their degree. Regardless, it's a good reference if it's needed at some point.

Overall, it was a good read and I'd definitely recommend it to late high school/early university students.

[James Stripes · Rating 2 out of 5]

This books serves as a basic reference when no other is available, but falls short. Most egregious is its failure to explain the purpose of underlining (typing) and italics. Students using this guide easily get the impression when that one style sheet (MLA) would have them underline book titles, while another (Chicago) would have them italicized. This difference does not exist: book titles are italicized in all academic style sheets (newspapers put them in quote marks). Underlining tells the typesetter to use italic type. Underlining is an archaic convention no longer necessary in the age of word processors.

[Alisha Brook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Title: The Little Penguin Handbook (3rd)
Series: -
Author: Lester Faigley
Genre: Informational / Writing
Rating: 5 stars

Extremely useful resource for ALL students, or anyone really, looking to reference essays and reports appropriately. THE LITTLE PENGUIN HANDBOOK provides a well-presented and detailed account of common referencing styles including Harvard and APA systems. It is pocket sized, lightweight and spiral-bound for easy use and travel.

I highly recommend.

[Adrienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

How-to-write book.

A must read for any one who wants to write effectively.

Makes me wonder why I didn't learn this shit in university or public school? Simple shit too?

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a really great tool to use when writing college papers. It can be a real grade saver.

[Cordellya Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

My students love that this book is small and the information is condensed.