Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Cousins Are Coming
Kay Jones · 2023
69/100
👎 Skip It
A rhyming, performable romp through a big cousin get-together, written by a longtime educator drawing on her own grandkids, and it's picked up genuine trade notice (Kirkus, Foreword Reviews, plus two book-of-the-year mentions). It's just shy of a strong recommend since I couldn't read the actual reviews to see if there were any reservations.
✦ 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
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing68
Originality58
Evidence & accuracy52
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit75
Human-eye read62
Penny’s verdict69
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