Lynne Truss continues her fight to raise awareness of the importance of punctuation as she did with Eats, Shoots & Leaves in this companion text that stresses the importance of the apostrophe. An informative introduction sets the purpose of the book by relating the apostrophe’s tireless jobs as a “Good Punctuation Fairy.” The rest of the book contains humorous paired illustrations that show the difference a misplaced or missing apostrophe creates in meaning. For example, an illustration showing stinky shoes is cited with “Those smelly things are my brother’s” while its related picture showing boys playing in the garbage goes with the caption “Those smelly things are my brothers.” Readers will enjoy the silly juxtapositions the punctuation problems produce. At the end of the book, Truss explains each of the rules that apply to the illustrations in the book to recap the roles of the apostrophe. ( )

Compares a sentence with an apostrophe to a sentence without an apostrophe (ex: the giant kids' playground/the giant kid's playground). Subtly shows how to appropriately use apostrophes without deliberately stating the uses. Genre: Informational because no part of the story is fiction, but instead is just stating truths. The setting is mainly at school, but also carries over to a house. The setting did not play a vital role in the story, but simply aided in understanding.