Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Teddy Bear Counting
Barbara Barbieri McGrath · 2010
82/100
👍 Worth It
This is early math done right — twelve tumbling teddy bears carry kids through counting, colors, shapes, and basic sets in a rhyming package that invites actual hands-on play with bear manipulatives. Two awards from trusted educational sources confirm what the design makes obvious. The only honest caveat is that it needs real teddy bear counters alongside it to fully deliver.
✦ 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
safety99
substance82
craft80
originality72
accuracy90
hype85
age-fit95
human-eye84
Penny’s verdict82
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