I can't say enough good things about this book. My son (he's 5) actually found this on Amazon and insisted that I order it. He was in love at first sight! For the first two weeks we had it, he carried it everywhere, showed it to everyone, and we pretty much read it as a bedtime story. He learned all the names of the monsters and after much agonizing finally picked Lurleen as his first monster for me to make.Making the monster was as fun as reading through the book. The instructions are so clear and presented in a linear fashion. None of this business where the pattern is off to the side and you have to connect the dots to get everything together. Things are line by line and I know even my daughter could follow one of these patterns. I really appreciate the clear, simple layout. I am relatively new to knitting and learned so much from this book--including how to magic loop.My kids have moved on to mixing up the parts from all the monsters and it just so fun to see each monster emerge from my needles. Monsters make great gifts and everyone who sees them wants one. They are irresistible and you can knit them out of anything you have in your stash. I highly recommend this book to knitters of all levels. This books is filled with fun, rewarding projects that everyone will love.