I loved this series! I gave it 5 stars and loved the books and how they turned out. However, I do have to say the author did not do her research on blindness or blind people. I have been blind all my life, and I have many friends who are blind. I can tell you for a fact that no 8-year-old girl would be given a guide dog of any kind. A guide dog school wants you to have travel skiblinds with a cane and be old enough to be fully responsible for the dog. About, no uide dog can recognize when you say object names and take you to the correct cabinet. The way we find a cohrect cabinet is to memorize where the items are stored. For example, we would remember that the bowls are in the cabinet to the left of the sink and touch the sink and trail with our hands to the cabinet directly to the left. Also, counting steps is not a reliable method used by most blind people. Some may, but in all honesty, the length of your step would have to be exactly the same each time, as well as the length of the stride of whoever tells you how many steps from one location to another. Judging distance by familiarity and landmarks is the best way to find places and things. Other than that, great series.