Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Faces Show Feelings
Pam Holden · 2014
62/100
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A functional early-reader tool from a well-credentialed series, doing exactly what it sets out to do — teach emotional vocabulary and basic literacy at the same time. It's a classroom workhorse, not a compelling standalone read, which is fine for what it is but limits the score.
✦ 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 safety83
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing66
Originality44
Evidence & accuracy76
Hype vs delivers71
Age-fit70
👁 Human-eye gut-check59
Penny’s verdict62
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