![]() Goodwin purposefully put the marble on her lawn in the hope that someone would find it and take it home as a little treasure. ![]() Goodwin be angry that she took the marble? As it turns out, Mrs. Hoping to make a quick getaway after surreptitiously replacing it, Penny is worried when her neighbor approaches. She can’t bring herself to tell her concerned parents what is bothering her, and after a fitful night’s sleep, she goes for another walk to return the marble. ![]() Later, Penny’s conscience bothers her, and the marble hidden in her drawer adopts a presence akin to Poe’s telltale heart. Though unsure whether she should do so, Penny pockets the glinting little orb and scurries home. Goodwin’s house,” and when she arrives there, she spies a shiny blue marble at the edge of the lawn. ![]() She heeds Mama’s admonition that she “nly go as far as Mrs. The story begins with Penny taking a walk and pushing her beloved doll, Rose, in a stroller. In this third early reader about a little anthropomorphic mouse named Penny, Henkes continues to plumb the emotional world of childhood as few author/illustrators can. ![]()
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