Freckleface Strawberry (Hardcover)

~ (Author), LeUyen Pham (Illustrator)

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Julianne Moore makes her literary debut with Freckleface Strawberry, a darling and delightfully illustrated laugh-out-loud story of a young girl learning to love the skin she's in. Browse the first few pages below (click on any image to enlarge) and we guarantee you'll want to follow this feisty, freckled little lady wherever she goes.

A Look Inside Freckleface Strawberry

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books; 1st edition (October 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599901072
• ISBN-13: 978-1599901077
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,753 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming Text, Charming Heroine, Charming Illustrations..., October 31, 2007

By	Cheryl Lage "Author-Twinspiration:Real-Life A... - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

...and an invaluable message!

Our family has already put Freckleface Strawberry to the test numerous times---to great response..from the read-ees and the read-er alike!

While confronting and acknowledging her heroine's freckled complexion, Ms. Moore established qualities for young Freckleface Strawberry in which she took great and justifiable pride.

My daughter (age 6) just kept saying "That's me!" and smiling throughout the book. Her twin brother loved that a boy in the background's thought bubble indicated that he couldn't ride a bike (he can't either!).

The story is told with readily accessible believability, and lively illustrations that meet the challenge of the energetic prose.

We'll be waiting in line for the next tale of Freckleface Strawberry---until then, we'll keep reading this one...and remembering that our differences---whether we like them or not---are part of who we are.
(and chances are, our friends like us "as is!")

A great first book, from an insightful new voice in children's literature.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing , December 16, 2007

By	Amy "Amy" (Boston) - See all my reviews

Instead of inspiring young readers to love and appreciate their freckles, this book left me feeling that those with freckles should neurotically worry about their "dirty" spots. Perhaps this would be a good book for a teenager who has decided that freckles are awful and needs a way to get through that phase; however, this book is written for little kids - not teenagers. I'd be worried that my red-headed daughter would LEARN that she should be ashamed of her freckles (and be concerned about dirt, odor, etc.) because of them. While the pictures are charming, I found this book to be a big disappointment. This book does not say that freckles are fun, cute, charming, and unique, but that they are a mark against beauty that can only be begrudgingly accepted.

16 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moore's Childhood Adventures, October 18, 2007

By	Bennet Pomerantz "Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD" (Seabrook, Maryland) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Freckleface Strawberry is a wonderful children's book from Actress Julianne Moore.

Like actor/author John Lithgow (Third Rock from the Sun) who also writea children's books, she capture that child=like innocence with simple phrases and a story that touches anyone from ages 5-100. Moore shows a loving she has for children's lit in this her first book. One would hope she writes many more children's books, she has a nack for it


It is amazing that a talented actress like Ms Moore can write such an engaging children's book. I only wish it was on CD to listen to this cute story again, but parents who read to their children will love reading this over and over again. She said, in an interview on the Today show (10/19/07) that the main character's name is one she was called as a child...and it shows her loving for that nickname and all it stands for to her

Sometimes their are times that book art don't mesh with text. This time I am happilly wrong. The illustrations of the book are so animated thet they seem to move off the page.The art work work so well crafted that these illustrations could be the basis for a short animated cartoon of this book.

This is NOT FOR CHILDREN ONLY...this is a book for the child is all of us

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD