Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Lost and Found
Oliver Jeffers · 2008
88/100
👍 Worth It
Oliver Jeffers gets children exactly right here — the boy's earnest, logical approach to the penguin's problem is both funny and tender, and the reveal that the penguin was lonely rather than lost hits harder than it should for a picture book. Adults read it alongside children and feel something too. One of the better modern picture books in any collection.
✦ 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
substance85
craft92
originality88
accuracy95
hype80
age-fit92
human-eye92
Penny’s verdict88
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