Review from Writer's Digest
On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 meaning "poor" and 5 meaning "excellent,: Please evaluate the following:
Structure and organization: 5
Grammar: 5,
Cover design: 5
Judge commentary:
What did you like best about the book?
The cover illustration is bright and bold and showcases two appealing looking girls (and a dog), which will interest kid readers into opening the book. The interior illustrations are just as nice, capturing the expressions and characters of Pinky and Peanut with bouncy cheerfulness. The story opens quickly with Pinky’s desperate unhappiness at having to move—a theme that will be familiar to many kids. Pinky sounds like a real girl and her thoughts and opinions ring true, and the story of how she got her name(and how she feels about her real name) is a nice one. Peanut is also a real girl, with real thoughts and aspirations. The tone and language of the story is smooth and flowing. The adventures of the girls are ones that real girls would have—and ones that real girl readers would understand and love reading about. The house Peanut finds in her backyard is just the type of thing girls dream of discovering—and the way the girls are able to communicate with walkie-talkies is also one real girls would love. The rivalry Peanut has with her brother is realistic, too. The ending is nice, and a satisfying conclusion to a fun, perky, well written story.
