I love these books. I purchased 3 for our children- one who  is a teen but had wanted to learn cursive. I wanted to teach our younger children cursive (ages 8 and 6) as they have Dyslexia and children with Dyslexia do better with cursive than with printing. These books and using this methodology teaches the child from the stroke and not from the letter which is very helpful. As well, there is a set to trace and then, to practice independent writing. We are only halfway through the books and the kids are excited as they are learning *CURSIVE* which is a BIG deal to a child (the younger set here) and they can read it far better. As well, for our youngest who opted to up the ante with Dysgraphia, his writing, grip, and letter formation have improved using, "Handwriting Without Tears" even for the D'Nealian print he was initially taught both at home and at school. Bonus!