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.