Children can quickly master basic crochet stitches with this cheery book that features simple language and clever animal illustrated characters. Excellent step-by-step instructions with photos take young beginners from crocheting chains to learning single and double crochet techniques and then they are off to squares, circles and half trebles.

Projects along the way include a striped toy cat, a small bear, a sweet bag and some fabulous flowers. A section called When Things Go Wrong offers humorous advice about dropped stitches and other frustrations.