Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Where the Wisdom Lies
Hope Ives Mauran · 2006
57/100
👎 Skip It
The idea of small, overlooked creatures delivering ecological wisdom is imaginative, and the author-illustrated unity gives it a coherent voice. But the author's stated framework of translating wisdom from 'other dimensions' places this firmly in New Age spiritual territory, and that is worth flagging for families before it lands on a shelf. Combined with thin narrative structure and no major critical coverage, this one is for a narrow audience already comfortable with that worldview.
✦ 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: Author describes herself as one who 'translates wisdom from other dimensions' and connects with 'unseen worlds' — New Age spiritual framing that some faith-traditional families will want to preview before sharing with children. We still scored it 57; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
📚 Buy the book ↗📱 Read on Kindle ↗🎧 Listen on Audible ↗ affiliate links · support the site, never the verdict
As an Amazon Associate and Audible affiliate, Penny earns from qualifying purchases. This never affects the verdict — see our affiliate disclosure.
Show the math
Verdict receipt0–100
safety68
substance60
craft62
originality70
accuracy58
hype52
age-fit60
human-eye58
Penny’s verdict57
Cross-pollinate