Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
How to Raise a Reader
Elaine K. McEwan · 1999
73/100
👍 Worth It
McEwan brings genuine credentials — principal, librarian, educator — and the annotated read-aloud bibliography alone justifies picking this up. Kirkus's praise for its 'savvy counsel' is accurate; this is practical, research-grounded advice rather than cheerleading. The 1999 edition is showing its age on school-program specifics, so parents will want to supplement with current resources on structured literacy, but the foundational parenting advice remains sound.
✦ 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
substance74
craft70
originality62
accuracy68
hype72
age-fit78
human-eye72
Penny’s verdict73
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