WellieWishers

6/10

I enjoyed beginning reading these books. They show friendship, arguing, and different personalities all showing patience and coming together to be good friends. Overall, I enjoyed the stories, too. However, maybe it’s just because I read 13 of these books, but they started to get really old at the end. There’s a few stories where the entire book is just living in a made-up world, and the characters pretend they’re somewhere else or other creatures (mermaids, princesses, fairies, etc) entirely. I wish all of the books stayed rooted in the real world, to show girls what fun they can have outside of their own brains (and I say this as a person who loved to play make-believe games as a kid). All-in-all, I did like these books enough, especially for young children, and the dolls are cute. I have heard some rumors about the dolls changing color over time or the vinyl otherwise not holding up, but I can’t really comment any more than that because I’ve never even held one of these dolls. In truth, I gave the WellieWishers line a 7/10, but really for the main reason of I just got so tired of the characters in the books after reading 13 of the stories. I think young children really like this line, and I am an adult reading books meant for five-year-olds.