Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
I Love School!
Philemon Sturges · 2006
78/100
👍 Worth It
Philemon Sturges and Shari Halpern walk a kindergartner through an entire school day in rhyme, and the result is one of those read-alouds where you can feel a child's nervousness easing with every page. Kirkus and Publishers Weekly both noticed it for good reason — it is cheerful, well-paced, and genuinely celebratory without being saccharine. The ideal companion for a child who is excited and scared about school in equal measure.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety98
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing80
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy90
Hype vs delivers85
Age-fit97
👁 Human-eye gut-check80
Penny’s verdict78
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