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is a girl's book vs is a girls' book

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Is a girl's book' is used when referring to a book that belongs to a single girl, while 'is a girls' book' is used when referring to a book intended for or popular among multiple girls.

Last updated: March 20, 2024 • 755 views

is a girl's book

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a book that belongs to a single girl.

This phrase is used to indicate that the book belongs to a specific girl. It shows possession by adding an apostrophe and an 's' after 'girl'.

Examples:

This is a girl's book, not a boy's book.
I found a girl's book on the shelf.

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Stardust, on the other hand, is a girl's book, even though it also has an everyman hero, young Tristran Thorne, not to mention seven Lords bent on assassinating ...
I suspect that this particular book is a girl's book in the same way that Biggles is written mainly for boys. The story is about a girl, ironically named Heidi, who lives ...
Invisible Girl has 140 ratings and 22 reviews. Katy said: A moving account of a girl's experiences living on the streets, how her family life led to it a...
Jul 17, 2013 ... “Stardust, on the other hand, is a girl's book, even though it also has an everyman hero, young Tristran Thorne, not to mention seven Lords bent ...

Alternatives:

This book belongs to a girl.
The book is owned by a girl.

is a girls' book

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a book intended for or popular among multiple girls.

This phrase is used to describe a book that is for or about multiple girls. It shows possession by adding an apostrophe after the 's' in 'girls'.

Examples:

This is a girls' book club.
The library has a section for girls' books.

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Splinters has 56 ratings and 18 reviews. Heather said: This is the best hockey book I have ever read. It is the imaginative re-telling of the story of Ci...
Nov 13, 2012 ... I quote it here in full: 'This is a girls' book and I don't see why I should try to understand it.' End review. (!!!@## Okay, deep breath.) I desperately ...
... books (fantasy in particular) that boys would enjoy if not for the cover art that screams “THIS IS A GIRLS' BOOK FOR GIRLS ONLY” (I'm looking at you, The Girl ...
Jan 10, 2016 ... ... when the action shifted from childhood to adolescence, about, say, when the narrator began menstruating, I thought, Hey, this is a girls' book.

Alternatives:

This book is for girls.
The book is popular among girls.

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