{"product_id":"babble-and-how-punctuation-saved-it-hardcover","title":"Babble!: And How Punctuation Saved It - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaroline Adderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoman Muradov\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA village is torn apart by its residents' inability to communicate, until a little girl shares the gift of punctuation in this humorous illustrated parable.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChaos reigns in the village of Babble! All day, the residents fight, yell and argue, and no one is heard or understood . . . until a mysterious little girl arrives and gives the locals something very strange: a period. But what is this thing that looks like a freckle or a spot? The villagers don't even know how to ask. However, as the girl begins to share more gifts -- a question mark, quotation marks -- the residents slowly learn how to communicate. But when more fights arise and disaster strikes, can punctuation truly save the day?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAROLINE ADDERSON\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author of more than twenty books for children of all ages, including picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels and short stories. As well as accumulating many stars, Caroline's children's books have won the Diamond Willow Award, the Helen Isobel Sissons Canadian Children's Story Award, the Sheila Egoff Award, and the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Four of her titles have been Junior Library Guild Selections and have appeared on numerous Best Book lists. Her nominations include the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, Canadian Library Association's Children's Book of the Year, the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, multiple Chocolate Lily Book Awards, the Rocky Mountain Book Award, and the Shining Willow Award. Caroline lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband and her bad dog Arlo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eROMAN MURADOV\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning editorial artist and graphic novelist who has created illustrations for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Criterion, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, Warby Parker, NPR, \u003ci\u003eMonocle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucky Peach\u003c\/i\u003e, Apple, Google, Airbnb, Lyft, Patreon and Dropbox, as well as the covers of the Penguin Classics Centennial Editions of James Joyce's \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won multiple medals from the Society of Illustrators as well as the Young Guns Award from the Art Directors Club, and his work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Illustration\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCreative Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.5 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766468018464,"sku":"9780735265837","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5ee2fdc017687fef07dc9a90d5358975.webp?v=1780293186","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/babble-and-how-punctuation-saved-it-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}