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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Charming Text, Charming Heroine, Charming Illustrations..., October 31, 2007
...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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Red headed mother of red headed daughters..thumbs up!, January 15, 2009
This book was made for my family! We are all red heads. I myself have tons of freckles and it was constantly brought up by other kids. You have freckles on your knees? The worst was when a kid sitting next to me tried playing connect the dot. This book would have been great for me growing up, so the next best thing was to get it for my daughters. They don't have freckles yet, but I assume it will happen at some point. My almost three year old loves the book. She talks about Freckleface's red hair (just like her's) and then points to Freckleface's freckles then to mine. The pictures are well drawn and are very colorful catching the kids' attnetion. My daughter asks for this almost every night. At the end she loves saying, "Lives happily ever after". I think the message is, others may see your freckles as something different, but that's what makes you unique. I hope my daughter picks this up as she gets older.
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17 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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Moore's Childhood Adventures, October 18, 2007
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
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