I am a newbie knitter with many little people to knit for. I bought the book because the majority of the toys are very desirable, more so than other knitted toy books.
The biggest drawback with the book is that some of the patterns assume more knowledge than I have, and I had to refer to my mum/knit and knatter group for help. Also, some of the easy looking toys require you to figure out what to do from a grid diagram, and frankly I went a bit mental until I got the gist of how these work. So, the toys are lovely, look great when you've knitted them, but are a bit tricky for a newbie.... but then again if you don't challenge yourself, you'll never learn!