Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
That Bull Is Seeing Red!
Christine Zuchora-Walske · 2017
72/100
👍 Worth It
The premise — tracking down science's biggest blunders about animals and plants — is an inherently engaging hook for curious middle-grade readers, and the myth-debunking format models exactly the kind of critical thinking we want kids to develop. Lerner's series track record and the book's curriculum-ready reading level (850L, AR 5.6) make it a natural library or classroom pick. It is not going to win a literary prize, but as an educational nonfiction title it does its job well.
✦ 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
craft68
originality70
accuracy80
hype82
age-fit82
human-eye68
Penny’s verdict72
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