Adventures of Hamtaro: Hamtaro Gets Lost and Other Stories, Vol. 2 Book

Hamtaro Gets Lost is a compilation of a variety of stories about Hamtaro, a little hamster that a little girl named Yukari adopted. Hamtaro and Yukari have a very close relationship as the hamster is constantly interested about what Yukari is doing. Hamtaro is a bit of a troublemaker so most of the stories involve him doing something he probably should not be doing and eventually finding his way back to redemption. The book has a lot of fun facts about hamsters, with Hamtaro displaying many of the facts that the book states. Throughout the different stories, Hamtaro and Yukari really solidify their bond and love for each with both of them looking out for the other. In the last story, Yukari gives Hamtaro an arranged married by moving a female hamster next to him. Hamtaro is immediately curious about Momo to the point he breaks out of his cage to see her. The next day, Momo is moved into his cage and they spend a lot of time together even though Momo basically bullies Hamtaro. After that day, she is moved back to her own cage where Hamtaro doesn't see her for a few days. Once he finally sees Momo, he also sees a bunch of a baby hamsters too, implying that Hamtaro and Momo had children and that's where the story ends.

This book has many, many different styles to it but the one that is mostly used is the illustrators drawings of Hamtaro which appears to be with pencil. The color of the pencil varies, often times a shade of blue or black. The shading of Hamtaro is always the same, as if the illustrator took great care in making sure he never changed. The book also has realistic photos of hamsters so the readers can see how they look in real life, even dedicating a page to different kinds of hamsters. The text of the book changes throughout, with some parts being in Yukari's handwriting and voice and other parts being in plain text but Hamtaro's voice. The book is very interactive for readers as it has a maze with hamster facts the kids can follow, a game where they have to count hamsters and find objects in a house, and a few more. This really keeps readers interested and engaged with the story as it's a good break from the actual reading part.