Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Look and Be Grateful
Tomie dePaola · 2019
80/100
👍 Worth It
Tomie dePaola distilled decades of craft into forty words here, and the result is quietly extraordinary — a board book that teaches gratitude by modeling it rather than explaining it. Very young children will need a grown-up to name the feeling, but that conversation is exactly the point. A beautiful last gift from a beloved artist.
✦ 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
safety100
substance72
craft92
originality80
accuracy95
hype65
age-fit90
human-eye85
Penny’s verdict80
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