Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
These Are My Friends
Bobbie Kalman · 2010
55/100
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A short, photo-illustrated early reader about the many places kids find friends, siblings and pets included. It's fine for what it is — a classroom leveled reader — but there's very little story to sink into and no independent reviews to point to.
✦ 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 safety80
Substance / usefulness42
Craft & writing58
Originality38
Evidence & accuracy62
Hype vs delivers50
Age-fit68
Human-eye read52
Penny’s verdict55
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