Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Leadership Journey
Doris Kearns Goodwin · 2024
🎙 Narrated by Dion Graham, Rufus Jones, Christian McKay, and Graham Sibley (multi-narrator, with Doris Kearns Goodwin)
87/100
👍 Worth It
Doris Kearns Goodwin brings her Pulitzer-level research chops to young readers here, tracing how four very different childhoods shaped four presidents, and it's smart, readable history that earned a New York Times bestseller spot and a strong Kirkus nod. The four-narrator cast is a real highlight — AudioFile Magazine praised how distinctly each actor voices his president. This is an easy, confident recommendation for history-loving families, and the listen itself is genuinely excellent.
✦ 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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🎙 Narration: excellent Full multi-narrator cast (Dion Graham, Rufus Jones, Christian McKay, Graham Sibley) praised by AudioFile Magazine for giving each president a distinct, well-chosen voice.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness85
Craft & writing90
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy90
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit88
Human-eye read88
Penny’s verdict87
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