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Children's ✦ Penny’s Take

Read It Again!

Liz C. Rothlein · 1993
66/100
👎 Skip It

A practical educator guide anchored to eight picture-book classics that every early childhood teacher already knows — the activity and discussion structure has real classroom value. The problem is it's a 1993 print resource, the featured titles are so well-documented elsewhere that the guide adds limited insight, and it's out of print with no modern equivalent to point to. An interesting find for a vintage curriculum collector, but not something most readers need to seek out today.

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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance62
craft60
originality55
accuracy75
hype62
age-fit72
human-eye58
Penny’s verdict66
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