Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Effie Goes to School
Jennifer Morhaime · 2021
65/100
👎 Skip It
Effie Goes to School handles the first-day-of-school anxiety with warmth and the rejection-to-friendship arc is age-appropriate and constructive. The self-published origins and near-absence of independent critical review make it hard to confidently elevate over the many well-reviewed picture books covering the same territory. A nice find if you stumble on it; not something to seek out.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance60
craft62
originality58
accuracy70
hype65
age-fit92
human-eye60
Penny’s verdict65
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