Freckleface Strawberry

Author: Julianne Moore

Illustrator: LeUyen Pham

Year: 2007

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, London

Age: 4 and above

No. of Pages: 38

ISBN: 978-0-74759-362-1

This humorous story about freckles offers an important lesson in self-acceptance that every child ought to learn.

Freckleface Strawberry is just like any other little girl who tries hard to get rid of her freckles and finally, resorts to wearing a ski mask. It works. Well, almost. Until, accidentally, she discovers that “feeling different” and “being different” are not always the same thing.

Oh, and, by the way, the story is penned by Julianne Moore. Yes. Yes.

The illustrations paired with speech bubbles make the story engaging for little ones.

Excerpt

Freckleface Strawberry felt really bad. She needed to get rid of her freckles fast.

She tried scrubbing them off.

She tried lemon juice.

She even tried marker pens, but her mum got mad.

Nothing worked.