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Pulver, Robin

The Case of the Incapacitated Capitals

32 pp. | Holiday | September, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2402-3 $16.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Lynn Rowe Reed. Pulver (Punctuation Takes a Vacation, et al.) is back with another lively, colorful story. This time the capital letters are struggling. Texting has made Mr. Wright's students lazy; the capital letters have become weakened through neglect. Droll commentary from the letters keeps the book from becoming simply a grammar tract. Childlike acrylic illustrations, with eyeballs on each letter, keep the tone light.

Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012