Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Kindness Counts 123
R.A. Strong · 2020
75/100
👍 Worth It
The Highlights brand does real work here: the dual-purpose counting-plus-kindness structure gives toddler caregivers and early educators something genuinely usable, and the board book format is built to survive small hands. It's formulaic by category standards, but Highlights's track record in early childhood curriculum gives this more substance than a generic board book alternative.
✦ 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
Faith & family safety82
Substance / usefulness74
Craft & writing73
Originality62
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit80
👁 Human-eye gut-check74
Penny’s verdict75
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