Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Award-winning books for children and young adults
Betty L. Criscoe · 1990
22/100
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This is a 1989 reference guide built for teachers and librarians choosing kids' books, not something meant to be read for itself — and it's decades out of date now. Handy in its day, but not a title I can point you toward today.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety65
Substance / usefulness25
Craft & writing35
Originality22
Evidence & accuracy55
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit25
Human-eye read15
Penny’s verdict22
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