Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Today I Am Grateful
Lorraine Miller · 2014
62/100
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A gentle, well-intentioned gratitude picture book backed by a credentialed academic endorsement and a useful parent activity section — but self-published through Balboa Press with no independent trade editorial vetting and no library or children's literature reviews. The concept is sound and the tone is warm, but compared to the many trade-published gratitude picture books with stronger craft and visibility, it is hard to recommend confidently.
✦ 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
safety95
substance58
craft55
originality52
accuracy65
hype58
age-fit78
human-eye55
Penny’s verdict62
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