By Colorado Kids Advisory Board member Katie Brown

Title: DIY Style (Do It Yourself)
Author: Karen Cooper
Illustrator: Nicola Cramp
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Number of Pages: 160


Do you need to change your wardrobe? Are you thinking your room needs a new coat of paint? Or if you just are looking for new decorating ideas, then DIY (Do It Yourself) Style is the book for you! This book is packed with things that you can wear, use, eat, and give. You choose from categories such as Awesome Accessories, Retro-A-Go-Go, Devine Decorating, Lotions and Potions, Gifty Goodies, and Entertaining.

What I really liked about the book was that it explained everything very well and all of the stuff is pretty easy to make.

What I didn't like about the book was that some of the materials needed could be pretty hard to find.

I would recommend this book because it gave me a lot of ideas to make long summer days more interesting by doing some of the projects in this book. I think that the book would be appropriate for girls ages 8 and up. (July, 2002)