On the first day of the new school year, Miss Marks' class holds an election, inspiring the punctuation marks to hold their own. Who would make the better President? A bold, emphatic Exclamation Point? Or the more thoughtful, inquisitive Question Mark? And who could be a better VP than Apostrophe, whose job has always been to take the place of others?! Quotation Marks have SO much to say about it all! The conclusion (says Colon): The kids in Miss Marks' class need them ALL!
Author Biography
Lynn Rowe Reed is a prolific author/illustrator with twenty-five children's books to her credit, thirteen of which she has both written and illustrated. Her books have been published by many New York publishers, including Random House, Disney, Farrar Straus Giroux, HarperCollins, Amazon/Two Lions, and Holiday House. Reed's work, spanning nearly three decades, includes the illustrations for the hugely successful Punctuation Takes A Vacation. Some of the recognition for her work includes a Children's Choice Award, a School Library Journal starred review, a School Library Journal Best Book Award, a Bank Street College Best Book Award and a sparkling review from The New York Times! Reed's work from Pedro, His Perro and the Alphabet Sombrero was selected for a Best in Children's Book Illustration show at the Museum of American Illustration in New York City.
