Martha Maker

This was a nice little story about two best friends who like to craft things. This was pretty good for middle grade, if tooth achingly sweet. The illustrations were gorgeous. I liked that each person had their own interests and they worked together to share their hobbies. I was expecting a lot more detail than what was there but I did like that the friendship bracelet instructions were included in the back. The drama was easily resolved and there were good rational solutions suggested to solve it - like TALKING to ONE ANOTHER to TELL EACH OTHER HOW YOU FEEL. God knows it's been awhile since I've read something so logical. I'll probably pick up the rest of the series at some point. They're short and easy to read. 3 stars for me. 4 for target audience.… (more)