Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Now-A-Days Fairy Book
Anna Alice Chapin · 2014
78/100
👍 Worth It
Jessie Willcox Smith's full-color mounted plates alone make this a meaningful artifact, and the 1911 anthology pairs her illustration with a genuinely good selection of familiar and lesser-known European fairy tales. This is more a gift-book and collector's item than a casual children's read, and the Grimm and Perrault originals carry the darkness those authors intended — parental awareness is worth noting. For families or collectors who appreciate Golden Age book art, it is a real find.
✦ 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 safety82
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing82
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit80
👁 Human-eye gut-check82
Penny’s verdict78
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