Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Flora and the Chicks
Molly Idle · 2017
84/100
👍 Worth It
Molly Idle packs genuine delight into a nearly wordless board book — the chicks are comic and expressive, Flora's balletic movement mirrors theirs beautifully, and the flap-and-count structure gives toddlers something to do on every page. A Kirkus starred review is a real signal for a board book, and this one earns it. Short shelf life as babies grow, but wonderful for the 0-3 window.
✦ 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
safety100
substance70
craft92
originality80
accuracy90
hype85
age-fit95
human-eye88
Penny’s verdict84
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