Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Four Stories for Four Seasons
Tomie DePaola · 1977
76/100
👍 Worth It
Tomie dePaola's gentle animal quartet — a dog, a cat, a pig, and a frog — takes young children through four cozy seasonal stories that have stayed in print and in classrooms for decades, and for good reason. The episodic warmth is ideal for the youngest lap readers, and dePaola's charm as an illustrator still carries the book even if the visual style reads as dated today. Low on drama, high on coziness — exactly what it's meant to be.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety99
substance65
craft76
originality64
accuracy90
hype72
age-fit90
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict76
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