This series encourages readers to express their style through crafting. Whether they are creating their style through accessories, room decor or nails, this series has step by step instructions on crafting and creating their style. Each book focuses on a different style element and includes eight crafts with instructions. The crafts use common items around the house and encourages the reader to reuse things when crafting. Material and tips are included with the step by step instructions as well as factual information pertaining to the craft. A glossary, index, and resources to learn more are included at the back of the book.

Books reviewed in this series: Fashion, Accessories, Nail Art, Room Decor, Jewelry, and Hairstyles.

This series geared towards 1st through 3rd grade asks if you can identify an animal by a body part. Can you guess an animal by looking at its feet? Each book in this series looks at a different body part and has the reader guess the animal from three choices. The next page gives the answer along with information about that animal and how that body part is important to them. The information is provided in different text boxes around the page with bold text and a glossary at the back. There is quite a bit of text per page which may be better for 2nd and 3rd grade.

This series geared toward Kindergarten through third grade readers compares two different adorable baby animals. Throughout the books, the similarities in the animals physical characteristics and behaviors are highlighted. The text is simple with two sentences on a page. Bold text highlight words that may be unfamiliar to the reader and a glossary is included in the back of the book. The colorful photographs include labels pointing out the characteristics of the animals. There is a brief photo synopsis at the end asking the reader which baby animal is cuter and includes a website where the reader can vote for their favorite. This series currently has 16 different book.

Jasper Rabbit tells the tale of Charlie Marmot. Charlie has a sore throat and when his dad takes him to the doctor, the doctor says he needs to have his tonsils removed. Charlie decides he wants to keep the tonsils in a jar and take them to class for show and tell. Only before his surgery a strange sound keeps him up at night. And on the day of surgery, his tonsils are gone.

Jasper Rabbit’s retelling reads like a show from the Twilight Zone which may be missed by younger readers. The creepy tale will be a hit for those who like spooky tales. This is a short chapter book with any pictures being gray and black. The only thing that has color is the tonsils.

Beverley Bat lives in an old abandoned house. He loves to entertain, but no one comes to visit until one day a car pulls up with people in it. Excited to entertain, Beverley reads about how to host people guests. Beverley sprays a welcoming scent of eau de rotten eggs and cooking Bolognese de millipede for dinner. The humans didn’t appreciate all of his efforts.

A fun, not so spooky story. The use of thought and speech bubbles and onomatopoeia draws readers into the text. The illustrations are colorful and the characters are expressive.