Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Hysterical Rhymes and How You Can Rhyme Too!
Derek Taylor Kent · 2023
82/100
👍 Worth It
This is a rare children's poetry book that earns both its humor and its education — the range of forms covered is genuinely impressive, and the instructional sections give kids tools to try writing themselves rather than just passive reading. Winning the 2023 BookFest Award for Best Children's Poetry Book is meaningful external validation. Fans of Silverstein or Prelutsky will feel right at home, and reluctant poetry readers might be surprised.
✦ 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
safety97
substance80
craft82
originality78
accuracy85
hype72
age-fit92
human-eye84
Penny’s verdict82
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