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Siegel, Randy

One Proud Penny

40 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | January, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62672-235-4 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Serge Bloch. While facts about our smallest unit of currency are adroitly dropped into the text, the focus is on one particular penny, "born" in 1983, who describes its journey back and forth across the country. The little traveler is an actual photographed penny against airy and appropriately humble line-and-wash sketches. Appended with "A Brief History of U.S. Coins" and "Interesting Facts About Pennies." Reading list.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2017