Hopscotch Hill School

9/10

Altogether, I actually really liked these books. The Hopscotch Hill School books are shorter than the WellieWisher books, which made it easier for me to read all of them in a couple days. I especially loved how the lessons discussed seem real-world applicable, and the stories are realistically something that could happen in a real classroom. I have no real comments on the dolls themselves, as I’ve never seen them outside of pictures, although they do seem a little weird looking. My biggest criticism is that out of all the girl characters in Miss Sparks’ class, the only one who isn’t featured in a book is Avery, who is in a wheelchair. And out of all the boys in the class, the only one who isn’t featured in a book is Nathan, who’s the only Black boy. It just feels like they decided to highlight all the students in the class except for the characters that would be considered “diverse.” I’m not entirely surprised, but I am disappointed, since I feel like it was an obvious opportunity they just skipped over for no reason.