Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Why Cry?
Yusuke Yonezu · 2016
67/100
👎 Skip It
Brilliant die-cut engineering delivers a genuine visual payoff — the kitten-to-rainbow arc comforts upset toddlers without needing a single word, and Kirkus and Publishers Weekly both praised the originality. Re-read value is limited and the concept is a one-trick execution, but as a targeted comfort tool for infants and toddlers it is clever and memorable. Worth buying if you have a child under three; probably a one-read for most.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety80
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing74
Originality76
Evidence & accuracy72
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check67
Penny’s verdict67
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