Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Hens in a Hurry
Barbara Freedman-De Vito · 2013
66/100
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The draw-and-tell bonus is a genuinely clever differentiator that most counting books don't offer, and the author's professional librarian background means the interactive section is actually usable in a classroom or story-time setting. What's missing is any independent critical confirmation of how well the counting narrative itself holds up — without that, a self-published title competes against a very crowded, very polished field.
✦ 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
craft62
originality72
accuracy70
hype68
age-fit82
human-eye62
Penny’s verdict66
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