The bigger animals are just lovely my 3 children are always wanting a new one...Unfortunately I love to crochet and can make them pretty quickly but the assembly part is another story. Good pictures, and instructions for speciality stitches are a little confusing, but if you practice on a seperate scrap yarn it's better than trying to figure it out on the actual work of art....like I did, adds more stress that way... Good if you like the pressure. I'd have to say though it's not a beginners book more an advance or intermediate crochet book. I love it though.

I've made just about every animal some had challenges but it made it worth while.Never turn away a learning experience...

At first I was disappointed about this product until I started making the animals, sure there are a few I wouldn't make, but so many I did, that it was definetly worth the price...