Gr 4-8-Girls will appreciate these ideas for re-creating fashion trends and for achieving the artistic effects that they want. Each book has a metric conversion chart; a color wheel; a little history of the craft; and color photos of girls of various ethnicities, materials, and completed projects. Page layouts are lively and attractive. The projects use easily obtainable materials, and the directions are simple and well numbered. Some instructions call for a hot-glue gun, an Exacto knife, or wire cutters. Beading shows how to make safety-pin bracelets, bag charms, etc. The second title demonstates how to decorate nails with paper dots, acrylic paints, emoticons, stickers, and so on. The third title describes how to make stamps from common household objects, create "embossed" cards, make a "stained glass" lampshade, and more. Although the projects are not particularly original, crafters will like the fact that each book deals with a specialized area. Pam Scheunemann's Cool Beaded Jewelry (ABDO, 2005) is similar in size and complexity to Beading, which is a little more attractive. The two books complement one another. Sandra Buckingham's Stencil It! (Firefly, 1993), with its methods of decorating items with strong graphpics, is a good companion for Stamping Art.-Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, NJ Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.