Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Funny Baby
Margaret Hillert · 2016
68/100
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A serviceable controlled-vocabulary retelling of The Ugly Duckling that does its job for the earliest readers, especially with the built-in phonics support materials for educators. As a reading experience, though, Andersen's emotional core gets so simplified it mostly disappears. Fine for a classroom kit, but not a book you would choose to read aloud for its own sake.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance48
craft55
originality42
accuracy80
hype72
age-fit88
human-eye60
Penny’s verdict68
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