Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
I Can't Talk Yet, But When I Do...
Julie Markes · 2003
80/100
👍 Worth It
The baby-narrator premise is simple and it sounds like a one-joke book — but Markes and Rader pull it off with real wit and genuine heart. Publishers Weekly's 'smart and sympathetic' call is earned: the humor lands because the observations are specific and true, and the older sibling reads it knowing they are the hero of the story. One of the better new-sibling read-alouds in this batch.
✦ 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
safety96
substance68
craft82
originality78
accuracy85
hype78
age-fit90
human-eye82
Penny’s verdict80
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