My kids loved this book

We read this as part of Sonlight A's read alouds. The kids really enjoyed it and would give it five stars, especially my son. I thought it was a bit disjointed in places though and I was not completely on board with some of the ways they discussed adoption, so I would give it three stars, so compromising here with 4. Not sure if we will continue on with the series or not.

We read this because it was part of our Sonlight curriculum, but the whole family wound up loving it. Such a lovely story about a little boy who was adopted as a baby and the fun little adventures that he goes through. My boys identified with Penny and laughed and giggled at many things that happened to him. I find it very entertaining to read these books that were written in the 50's because the children are always in situations that would get the parents arrested in today's world, much like The Boxcar Children. I loved the message about the beauty of adoption and how Penny's family grows in a special and deliberate way by the end of the book. I'm already shopping for the sequel.

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#21 read aloud for the boys

Read-aloud with my kids - they loved it, I liked it! A fun book, with easy to follow stories. They really enjoyed that the main character was a little boy their age. It’s very much a book from the 40s, but we enjoyed the read.

I enjoy reading the Penny books to my children almost as much as I enjoyed reading them to myself thirty years ago. Clever, sometimes touching, well-written stories. Occasional mild euphemisms.

Our family really enjoyed this book! These are fun stories about a little boy called Penny because of his bright copper hair. What I love the most about this book is that Penny is adopted and so it allowed for many conversations with our kids about adoption and how God adopts us. The last few chapters had the tears flowing in a good way.

A couple of the chapters were a little long, but they were still enjoyable.

I would highly recommend this book.

4.5 stars

Very cute! Sweet adventures of 2 friends. I actually cried at the end. Although the end isn't incredibly realistic, it was very innocent and sweet. I highly recommend this as a "calm" read-aloud. It's not full of adventure or crazy humor or events, but it is very sweet.

This is such a lovely, gentle book for reading aloud as a family! I have children who scare easily and it has been a challenge to find books that everyone is happy to listen to. This book was perfect! We all loved it and are looking forward to the sequel!

Read a long, long time ago.

It is about this boy who has a best friend named Patsy. They go on adventures and Penny got two cats named Truly and Really. Penny's real name is William and they adopted Peter, a boy, who is his friend. THis cooker, Millie, she is scared of crabs and people were scared and it was really funny.

This one got me in the feels when reading it aloud to my daughter. Beautiful story about family, adoption, and friendship.