Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Why Dinosaurs Are Extinct
Dorothy Calhoun · 2014
58/100
👎 Skip It
A sweet idea for Christian families who want a faith-based dinosaur story, but self-publishing through Outskirts Press means limited editorial polish, and the fictional explanation for extinction sits uneasily outside science-aligned curricula. Families in the right context may enjoy it, but the limited vetting and narrow audience make this a cautious pick.
✦ 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: faith-content framing conflicts with scientific accuracy on dinosaur extinction; appropriate only for faith-aligned audiences. We still scored it 58; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance50
craft52
originality58
accuracy35
hype50
age-fit75
human-eye52
Penny’s verdict58
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