Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
This Is My Family
Meg Gaertner · 2020
52/100
👎 Skip It
At 16 pages with a photo-based format, this early-reader primer does fill a real classroom need for diverse family representation, but the brevity leaves almost no room for story or depth. Without any independent critical reviews to lean on, it's hard to say whether the execution rises above functional. Teachers may find it useful as a conversation starter, but it won't stand on its own.
✦ 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.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: unverified family representation scope. We still scored it 52; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety68
Substance / usefulness56
Craft & writing54
Originality42
Evidence & accuracy58
Hype vs delivers52
Age-fit48
👁 Human-eye gut-check50
Penny’s verdict52
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