(4) 4-6 What's Your Style? series. Each book offers tween fashionistas profiles of celebrity style icons and the basics of each titular style (cuts, fabrics, shoes, etc.), with "Styling DIY" inserts along the way. The attractive fashion-magazine design is appealing, and helpful, timely tips abound, but there's limiting over-strictness in the narrative's guiding hand: e.g., "No spikes or messy braids are allowed!" (Preppy). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these What's Your Style? titles: Boho Fashion, Hipster Fashion, Preppy Fashion, Edgy Fashion, and Streetwear Fashion.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) K-3 Poetry Builders series. Illustrated by Luanne Marten. These how-to poetry books focus on friends writing poems together. The stories, though contrived, clearly present the characteristics of each form. Teachers will find the volumes useful for making poetry accessible to students. A few helpful writing exercises are appended to each story. Colorful but undistinguished illustrations show a multicultural cast of enthusiastic young writers. Reading list, websites. Glos. Review covers these Poetry Builders titles: Connor and Clara Build a Concrete Poem, Nina and Nolan Build a Nonsense Poem, Rena and Rio Build a Rhyme, Penelope and Pip Build a Prose Poem, Henry and Hala Build a Haiku, Luke and Leo Build a Limerick, Ana and Adam Build an Acrostic, and Sophie and Sadie Build a Sonnet.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute