Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Playtime Rhymes
Sally Gardner · 2005
80/100
👍 Worth It
Sally Gardner's Playtime Rhymes earns its place on the shelf by being curated with actual infant school teachers rather than just assembled by a publisher. The selection favors rhymes children can move to — wheels spinning, sausages sizzling, clapping hands — which is exactly right for the age. The one real gap is no musical notation, so parents who don't know the tunes will need to look them up, but that's a minor inconvenience for a genuinely useful collection.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance72
craft80
originality58
accuracy90
hype80
age-fit95
human-eye82
Penny’s verdict80
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