Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
My First Counting Book
Peter Patilla · 1997
78/100
👍 Worth It
Patilla's four-mode approach — numeral, word, domino, pictures — is a thoughtful pedagogical choice that sets this above single-track counting books. OUP's production quality and the end-of-book quiz give it a little more staying power than the typical board book. The 1997 illustrations show their age, but the method is sound and it works well as a parental read-aloud through the toddler years.
✦ 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
safety99
substance78
craft76
originality72
accuracy90
hype68
age-fit92
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict78
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