Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Olive's Perfect World
Jennifer Plecas · 2013
64/100
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Kirkus called it adorable, and the warm pastel illustrations do a nice job capturing the sting of watching your best friend make a new one. Jennifer Plecas handles the emotional beat with genuine tenderness and keeps it age-appropriate all the way through. The theme is well-worn picture-book territory, though, and families with a solid library of friendship books may not need another one on the shelf.
✦ 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 safety87
Substance / usefulness59
Craft & writing68
Originality48
Evidence & accuracy67
Hype vs delivers63
Age-fit76
👁 Human-eye gut-check64
Penny’s verdict64
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