This was a gift for my 16 year old niece. She loved the Xyron XRN510 Creative Station / sticker maker that we gave he last year. She uses it for scrapbooking, for fun in general, and for school projects. This year we upgraded her "station" with the Lamination capability and she's enthusiastic about this too. She wrote "It works great - it is easy to use, and for small things it is perfect - thanks!" It also arrived quickly ... within 6 days of ordering, by normal shipping, during the busiest weekend of the year!

I got this as a part of a set to help me teach Summaries and Main Ideas.

I liked the broken down steps that these worksheets offered. I did find the comprehension questions short, but for focusing only on Summaries and Main Idea, these books are great.

The pages are not overtly decorated and are appropriate for students in upper middle school/junior high (6-9th).

Most of the questions of the paragraphs are written as if they might appear on a standardized test, which is helpful, but it is unfortunately lacking in the development of written out answers.

What also seems to be missing: an approximent reading level for each passage. I would have liked to see a few passages from reading level 2 or 3: so do stay in the 4th-8th grade levels.

Overall: this is great to effectively check in repeatedly that a student can Summarize and find the Main Idea of a short piece quickly.