Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Welcome, Baby
Dubravka Kolanovic · 2020
73/100
👍 Worth It
Kolanovic's soft watercolors and the lift-the-flap format make this series a genuinely lovely gift for infants — it does exactly what board books for this age should do, in a visually beautiful way. The literary content is minimal by design, which is exactly right for babies who are engaging with texture, surprise, and caregiver voices rather than story. Strong pick for a baby shower or first-books collection.
✦ 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
safety99
substance55
craft82
originality65
accuracy85
hype60
age-fit92
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict73
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