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Children's ✦ Penny’s Take

Sunny Numbers

Carol Crane Β· 2001
76/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

A cheerful, well-made counting picture book that earns its place in Florida classrooms and families by weaving genuine facts about Florida's wildlife, history, and geography into counting rhymes that hold up to repeated reading. The dual-level text β€” simple counting verse plus factual sidebar β€” makes it useful across a wider age range than most counting books. Outside Florida, the regional specificity dims its usefulness somewhat, but within that context it is genuinely good.

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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance74
craft78
originality72
accuracy82
hype76
age-fit92
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict76
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