Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
My Weird School #1
Dan Gutman · 2004
82/100
👍 Worth It
Thirty-five million copies sold is not an accident — Gutman found the exact frequency that reluctant early readers respond to and has never left it. Miss Daisy Is Crazy flips the classroom dynamic in a way that is genuinely clever for a six-year-old, the humor lands reliably, and the whole thing moves fast enough to hold a child who thinks they hate books. The mild potty humor is a feature to the audience even if parents roll their eyes. A worthy gateway book.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety92
substance65
craft78
originality72
accuracy88
hype80
age-fit95
human-eye82
Penny’s verdict82
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