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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2012 | Fiction
Gr 1-3–Pulver and Reed add to their children’s grammar franchise by teaching the rules of capitalization. Mr. Wright’s students have stopped using uppercase letters (he alludes to texting as a possible cause), and so they have become weakened through underuse–“incapacitated.” In the course of correcting a letter they have written to the principal, the students (and readers) learn ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2012
Pulver (Punctuation Takes a Vacation, rev. 5/03; et al.) is back with another lively, colorful story of punctuation and grammar. This time it’s the capital letters that are struggling. Mr. Wright’s students seem to have forgotten about using them, and the capital letters have become weakened through neglect. (In their own speech-bubble words, they are “out of oomph! Zapped! Goners! Incapacitated!”) The students’ texting has made them lazy; even in a letter to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Pulver (<i>Punctuation Takes a Vacation</i>, et al.) is back with another lively, colorful story. This time the capital letters are strugg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
