Penny is a little mouse who likes to take her doll for walks. One day, she finds a cool blue marble and decides to take it home with her. Penny ends up feeling bad about taking the marble. I won't spoil how the book ends, but in the end, everyone is happy. The theme of this book was that doing the right thing is best no matter how hard it may be. This is shown by how Penny handles the marble situation. I liked this book. I thought it was fairly simply and written very well for children. This book received recognition in many ways including a Theodor Seuss Giesel Honor. I could use this book as a teacher to teach my students the importance of being honest and doing the right thing. I could let the students share if they had any similar situations as Penny or have them write a story of their own with a character that does the right thing. I think this book could also be used at home with children just to teach them the importance of doing the right thing. I could see this really helping my future children to see that even Penny makes mistakes and they should be ashamed to tell the truth. It starts when Penny stumbles across a blue marble in Mrs. Goodwin’s yard. It was so beautiful and shiny she just could not resist from taking it. She loved it at first, but she quickly began to feel guilty about taking it without permission. She can’t eat dinner because she sees everything as a marble and her guilty continues to grow. Penny then decides to return the marble to Mrs. Goodwin because she simply could not keep it. After Penny put the marble back where she found it she heard Mrs. Goodwin calling her name. Mrs. Goodwin was not mad; she put the marble there so that someone might find it and take it home with them. Penny was able to keep her marble and she loved it even more than before. the genre and format of this book is a picture book. the reading level is middle level elementary students. Students could write about a time that they did something and felt guilty about it. the theme is about stealing. i think any gender, race, and socioeconomic status would enjoy this book.Henkes, K. (2013). Penny and her marble. New York: Greenwillow Books.
What do You think about Penny And Her Marble (2013)?
Great easy reader but I missed the voice of Chrysanthemum and Lilly.
—amberlegabal
This is a cute beginning reader. 2014 Geisel Honor.
—blindmel
