Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Wondrous Reading
LuElla D'Amico · 2025
76/100
👍 Worth It
This is a thoughtful, scholar-written guide that takes Catholic family reading seriously — not a listicle, but a genuine argument for why slow shared read-alouds form a child's faith and imagination. D'Amico's practical tools (reading lists, discussion questions, activities) make it actually useful on a Tuesday night, not just inspiring in theory. Non-Catholic families will find less traction with the spiritual framing, but anyone who cares about reading aloud with intention will find real substance here.
✦ 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
safety92
substance82
craft76
originality74
accuracy80
hype70
age-fit78
human-eye76
Penny’s verdict76
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