Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Joking, Rhyming Animals Ready-to-Read Value Pack
Jane Yolen · 2022
78/100
👍 Worth It
Six Jane Yolen books for the price of a bundle is a legitimately good deal for families with beginning readers — the dual reading levels (Level 1 and Level 2) give the pack real range, and Yolen's rhyme and wordplay are reliably well-crafted rather than generic. The Interrupting Cow stories lean heavily on one joke format, and adults doing read-alouds will tire of the formula before kids do, but that is a minor complaint about what is otherwise a strong early-reader value purchase.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance68
craft80
originality66
accuracy88
hype78
age-fit92
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict78
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