Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
The Animal
David Kherdian · 2019
78/100
👍 Worth It
Kherdian and Hogrogian bring distinguished pedigrees to a fable that is quietly philosophical — it is really about the difference between consuming beauty and truly perceiving it, wrapped in a gentle woodland story. Hogrogian's muted watercolors are the real reason to seek this out; they carry the meditative quality the text is reaching for. A small-press gem that rewards the adult who reads it as much as the child being read to.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance75
craft82
originality78
accuracy85
hype65
age-fit80
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict78
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