Punctuation Power: Punctuation and How to Use It

by Marvin Terban, Eric Brace (Illustrations)

Puncuation Power, the newest paperback Scholastic Guide, is a guide to all of the punctuation 8 to 14-year-olds (and most adults) need. It uses a clever format that is fun and informative.

Knowing how to puncuate sentences properly is a skill that can help any writer communicate more clearly. PUNCTUATION POWER presents kids with the information they need to become better punctuators. Terban's voice is both energetic and fun. Now available in paperback, this guide can be put in school bags and brought to school, the library, or anywhere else a child would need it.

Genres: Reference, Education

96 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Manybooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although Marvin Terban's Punctuation Power (which was originally published in 2000) is not really a book that most children (older children from about the age of ten or so onwards) and likely even many adults would tend to find all that engaging and fun, personally, I do indeed consider Punctuation Power to be a simply wonderful language based reference guide, a book that perhaps a bit pedantically but always and thankfully clearly and concisely so explains everything a student really needs to know about English punctuation and equally why using punctuation correctly is so very much essential if one wants to present clear, precise and thus not vague or potentially confusing writing (from apostrophes to when to use underlines, and I certainly have found it very much a positive that Punctuation Power considers ALL punctuation of equal importance and necessary to be depicted and explained, that Marvin Terban does not for example limit himself to explaining commas, periods, exclamation points and question marks).

With the second part of Punctuation Power (after the diverse types of punctuations have been in detail introduced and described in part one) showing students, showing readers how to write bibliographies, direct quotations, play scripts and the different types of standard English language sentences, and albeit that Punctuation Power is indeed totally textbook like in both scope and feel, I do think that the author, that Marvin Terban absolutely and completely succeeds with regard to introducing English punctuation in a clear and easy to grasp manner, without making his text and his examples in any manner difficult or confusing. And therefore, I do indeed highly and warmly recommend Punctuation Power for both classroom and also homeschooling use, as not something to likely ever be read from cover to cover (except perhaps for word and language nerds like myself), but to be made use of as the need arrises (and yes, that need in all likelihood will happen).

[Ayana Nugent · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book has puctation tips and tricks. I learned about semi-colons, elliipses, hypens,etc.

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good resource/reference tool. Structured layout, clear and useful examples.

[Carrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and easily accessible. Great resource for planning mini lessons on grammar.

[Janice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference for kids. Well, for anyone. Easy to understand and find information.