Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
That's what Grandparents are for
Arlene Uslander · 2001
58/100
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The love for grandparents is real and the rhyming refrain is warm-hearted, but reviewers noted the poem can scan awkwardly and the sentiment is thin on narrative or dramatic substance — it reads as a greeting card stretched to 32 pages. As a gift from a grandparent to a grandchild it serves a perfectly decent purpose, but it is not a picture book that will age especially well on the shelf.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance42
craft48
originality40
accuracy68
hype78
age-fit72
human-eye44
Penny’s verdict58
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