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The Case of the Incapacitated Capitals

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Case of the Incapacitated Capitals
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robin Pulver
Illustrated by Lynn Rowe Reed
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 259,Width 259
ISBN/Barcode 9780823424023
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Holiday House Inc
Imprint Holiday House Inc
Publication Date 1 July 2012
Publication Country United States

Description

The capital letters in Mr. Wright's classroom require immediate medical attention! They are suffering from severe neglect. Mr. Wright's students have completely forgotten about them-and about Teacher Appreciation Day. Luckily an EMS team is on the way for this grammar emergency in the latest addtition to Robin Pulver and Lynn Rowe Reed's langauge arts library. Filled with bold, bright illustrations, this book is a fun and unforgettable introduction to capital letters.

Author Biography

Robin Pulver is a popular picture book author whose website is robinpulver.com. She lives in upstate New York. Lynn Rowe Reed writes and illustrates picture books and lives in Indiana. You can visit her website at lynnrowereed.com

Reviews

* "In the funniest picture book yet from Pulver and Reed's Language Arts Library series, the students are well meaning, easily distracted, and not without cunning. Childlike acrylic paintings combine with digital elements to make the artwork vivid and colorful. From the conversations between uppercase and lowercase letters to the comedy within class discussions, it's hard to read the story aloud without laughing, and the humor makes the lesson more likely to stick. A madcap grammar book for kids to enjoy."-Booklist, Starred Review "Childlike acrylic illustrations, with eyeballs on each letter (which resemble the magnetic ones kids stick onto refrigerators), keep the tone light and airy, and an informative author's note about why capital letters are also called uppercase letters will certainly be a surprise to the average elementary school student. A capital idea!"-The Horn Book "A fascinating note caps things off by explaining how capital and small letters got the monikers uppercase and lowercase. Reed's acrylic-and-digital artwork sports her now-trademark style, childlike figures surrounded by doctored plastic fridge magnets. . . . a pretty painless way to teach capitalization and letter writing."-Kirkus Reviews