Penny Dreadful Audiobook (Unabridged)

" I am reading it now and I LOVE IT! "

" I thought this has a clever title and picked it up. It would appeal to kids who have enjoyed the Clementine series or maybe the Penderwicks. It's not filled with sunshine and joy though as her parents are dealing with job loss and difficulties in their marriage. The main character does show strength and finds good friends so I think the message is a good one. The illustrations are lovely and the story kept me reading it aloud to my girls. "

" What a fun book, I could not put it down and consequently read it over a 48 hour period. So, so enjoyable. "

" I enjoy Laurel Snyder's writing style very much. Her writing is accessible to many levels and ages; however, probably more girls than boys would like this book as well as Bigger Than a Breadbox. The characters have positive and noble traits, which they need to discover through wishes and magic. I would have loved to have had these books available when I was in fourth grade! "

" Good messages about appreciating what you have and not judging a book [person] by it's cover. "

" Penelope is rich, loved by her mostly-absent parents, lonely, and bored. So she makes a wish at a wishing well that life become more interesting, like in the books she reads. Is her wish what causes her father to quit his job, and the whole family to move to Thrush Junction, TN to a rambling house filled w/ characters, that her mother inherits? "

" I loved this book! The characters in this book are charming and I couldn't help but fall in love with them. Once I got started, I couldn't put it down! "

" I absolutely fell in love with this magical, enchanting book and loved each and every character that I met. Put this on a list of modern children's classics along with The Penderwicks. Just wonderful. "

" Loved PENNY DREADFUL by Laurel Snyder. I love the the characters. This felt a little like Polly Horvath but also a little like some of my favorite books from childhood--A LITTLE PRINCESS, THE SECRET GARDEN, etc. A great fun book all around. "

" I love it! This is a great book! I could NOT put it down. I usually talk on the bus but I read the whole way home! This is my favorite book. "

" Two and a half stars. "

" This is my favorite book by Laurel Snyder. I have read it multiple times and I'm am an adult with no kids! The beauty of finding a simpler and meaningful life despite, or because of, economic hard times really resonates with me. "

" Penny had enough money to do whatever she wanted until her father quit his job and they had to move from their mansion in The City, to a teeny-tiny town called Thrush Junction, TN. Her life will NEVER be the same again - thank goodness!! "

" This book started out okay but totally shocked me when a minor character who is a 4 year old boy had two moms. "

" Cute, though not spectacular. Good for voracious girl readers, fans of The Penderwicks, The Railway Children, and other big-family-adventure stories, filled with allusions to classic kid lit. A perfect handsell at an indie bookstore in an upscale neighborhood, or a branch library with those readers. "