Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
We Are Here
Tami Charles · 2023
82/100
👍 Worth It
Tami Charles and Bryan Collier — a Caldecott Honor illustrator with nine Coretta Scott King Awards — make this a picture book worth owning. The lyrical sweep across music, activism, astronomy, and food is genuinely ambitious for the format, and the affirmational tone is exactly right for the age group. Brief references to George Floyd and COVID-19 may prompt conversations, so parents of very young children should preview first.
✦ 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 safety88
Substance / usefulness80
Craft & writing86
Originality78
Evidence & accuracy82
Hype vs delivers72
Age-fit90
👁 Human-eye gut-check84
Penny’s verdict82
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