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VALUEDMINDS.COM was created by a parent who wanted to know what a children’s book was like—before bringing it home!  See How ValuedMinds Was Conceived.

  • ValuedMinds reviews are like a nutritional diagnosis for books - you can quickly learn if a book offers boredom or suspense, destiny or heroism, propaganda or fact, naturalism or drama.
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VM Review Statements
VM provides up to three statements about each book, when possible and warranted. All three are available on a book’s display page; the first two only appear on Search Result pages.

  1. Plot*-Theme Statement - the theme and the essential action of the plot that establishes it.
  2. Brief Review - to give you a quick ‘feel’ for the book & it’s score.
  3. Long Review - outlines the book, & airs its benefits or weaknesses; a critique.


VM grades a book’s literary elements, to a maximum score of 100 points, just as a teacher might grade an essay.
Score of 0 to 19 Score of 20 to 49 Score of 50 to 79 Score of 80 to 100
  Point to each for its score range  


We are unmoved by industry sales, awards or tradition.
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* Discovery (non-fiction) works have a different scoring scheme, and will have a “Subject-Theme Statement” instead