Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Finding Courage
Darcy Pattison · 2024
74/100
👍 Worth It
Kirkus called it thoughtful and beautifully illustrated, and that tracks — this is a gentle, community-centered picture book that makes courage feel small and achievable for young children. Papa's recovery arc could go deeper, and the story is slight for kids at the older end of the range, but as an SEL classroom read-aloud it delivers exactly what it promises.
✦ 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 safety95
Substance / usefulness70
Craft & writing76
Originality68
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers78
Age-fit90
👁 Human-eye gut-check74
Penny’s verdict74
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