Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Sue Lee's New Neighborhood
Lawrence Balter · 1989
64/100
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Lawrence Balter brings NYU developmental psychology credibility to a picture book about moving anxiety, and the therapeutic design is genuinely child-centered. But thin published critical coverage, dated illustrations, and a brief format that limits how much ground it can cover hold this back from the top tier of books on the same theme.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety82
Substance / usefulness64
Craft & writing60
Originality58
Evidence & accuracy74
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit79
👁 Human-eye gut-check62
Penny’s verdict64
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