Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Ultimate Animal Counting Book
Jennifer Cossins · 2019
82/100
👍 Worth It
Jennifer Cossins counts from one blue whale to one hundred fairy flies, and the additional largest-to-smallest ordering within each spread adds a real layer of scientific thinking that most counting books skip entirely. The CBCA shortlist recognition is deserved — the illustrations are naturalistic enough to be accurate and warm enough to pull young readers in. Brief facts per animal keep the pacing right for the age group, and the dual educational purpose makes this a genuine classroom asset.
✦ 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
safety98
substance80
craft84
originality78
accuracy85
hype80
age-fit90
human-eye84
Penny’s verdict82
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