Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Grumpy Monkey Who Threw That?
Suzanne Lang · 2022
74/100
👍 Worth It
Jim Panzee's reluctance to own up to a flying banana peel makes for a funny, relatable lesson in accountability, and the graphic novel format is genuinely well-suited to reluctant early readers who might breeze past a traditional picture book. It leans heavily on franchise familiarity and the resolution comes fast, but Random House's editorial quality keeps it solid. A good choice for fans of the original series ready to try their first graphic novel.
✦ 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
safety95
substance65
craft72
originality62
accuracy80
hype68
age-fit88
human-eye75
Penny’s verdict74
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