The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Henkes, Kevin

Penny and Her Marble

48 pp. | Greenwillow | March, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-208203-9 $12.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-208204-6 $14.89

(1) K-3 In this third early reader about Penny, she spies a marble on Mrs. Godwin's lawn. "The marble seemed to say, 'Take me home.'" And Penny does, as the illustrations show that she clearly knows this is something she shouldn't do. A respect for the early reader's emerging skills beautifully matches Henkes's respect for Penny and this common crisis of childhood.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2013