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‘Penny and Her Song’
By Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow, $14.99, ages 4-7
“Penny came home from school with a song.” With a persistence well known to parents and teachers of this age group (and to friends of Lilly, Kevin Henkes’ earlier young mouse-child), Penny wants to sing it. All day. Mama and Papa and “the babies,” an endearing pair of twins, eventually all listen. Penny’s Ethel-Merman-channeling overcomes every obstacle, aided by Mama and Papa’s more than model patience. In the end, it’s the singing, not the song, that Penny needs and that readers will celebrate.
