Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Together We Can!
Caryl Hart · 2019
78/100
👍 Worth It
Scholastic's editorial and distribution weight combined with genuinely praised illustrations featuring real disability representation — cochlear implants, prosthetics, wheelchairs, service animals — make this one of the more substantively inclusive picture books in the dossier set. The narrative is thin by design, more celebration than story, but for a read-aloud on friendship and belonging it earns its place.
✦ 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 safety99
Substance / usefulness72
Craft & writing78
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers78
Age-fit88
👁 Human-eye gut-check76
Penny’s verdict78
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