Penny & Jelly: The School Show

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 2, 2016

Review

Penny is trying with every fiber of her being to find her talent so that she might enter the annual Peabody Elementary School talent show. She tries everything she can think of and fails miserably even though her dog and best friend Jelly is by her side every minute trying to keep up her morale. Penny's list of possibilities is dwindling as she tries each, fails, and crosses talents off of her list. What to do? The illustrations are watercolors, pen and ink and are expressive and appealing. This book will teach young readers and listeners that we all have talents though they might not be the typical talents that one thinks of straightaway. Some are quite specific and deserve an award all its own.

Overall Book Score: very good