Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Special Siblings
Jessica Leving · 2019
70/100
👍 Worth It
This little book does something rare: it goes straight to the complicated feelings neurotypical siblings actually carry — the jealousy, the fear, the frustration — rather than offering tidy reassurance. The author's lived experience gives it an authenticity that most disability-adjacent picture books lack. The main caveat is that a revised edition now exists under a different title, so families should track down the updated version if possible.
✦ 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
safety95
substance72
craft65
originality78
accuracy72
hype70
age-fit82
human-eye68
Penny’s verdict70
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