JULIANNE MOORE is a four-time Academy Award-nominated actress. Freckleface Strawberry is her first children's book. Ms. Moore lives with her husband and two children in New York City.
LEUYEN PHAM worked in animation before turning to children's books. She wrote and illustrated Big Sister, Little Sister and is the illustrator of numerous other picture books. Ms. Pham lives in San Francisco, California, with her husband.
PreS-Gr 2-A seven-year-old Pippi Longstocking look-alike is "just like everybody else," except that she is covered from top to toe in freckles. In attempts to rid herself of the oft-commented-upon affliction, she tries scrubbing, bleaching with lemons, and using "make-up." When these efforts fail, she dons a ski mask, long sleeves, and pants to hide her body completely. After an adult mentions that the freckles may fade as the girl gets older, she decides to accept them-for now. The humorous illustrations, using a Japanese brush pen, are digitally colored in browns, golds, olives, and rusty reds, giving the pictures a retro look. The child, with her gap-toothed grin and determined antics, makes for an appealing character. Her energetic and inquisitive friends provide entertainment, as well. Read this title along with Judy Blume's Freckle Juice (Random, 1978) for a look at both sides of this "spotty" subject.-Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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