Helpful Score: 2
As one who was ALWAYS voted "Most Freckles" at the year end school parties in school, I loved this book as a child. What a fun reminder of my childhood to read this with my child!
Helpful Score: 2
You just can't go wrong with a blast from your past. Judy Blume is one of the reasons I love to read today. She was the first author that I actually went looking for books that she authored. I remember stalking the librarian as she was putting out books hoping she had the latest and greatest in her cart and I could snag it before any other other 4th graders could. :-)
This is such a cute little book with a cute little story. Scary ingredient list, but hey... it's all in the name of freckles, after all!
This is such a cute little book with a cute little story. Scary ingredient list, but hey... it's all in the name of freckles, after all!
Helpful Score: 1
A classic! This convincing small boy adventure proceeds smoothly to a satisfying conclusion. The conniving little girl, understanding teacher, and feckless, freckleless boy are amusingly depicted in the impish black and white illustrations and in the story, which is especially suited for reading aloud to second and third graders.
Helpful Score: 1
I work at an elementary school as a reading intervention specialist and read a lot of children's and YA books. They can be so fun! This is a clever one and I enjoyed it!
Reading Level: 2.1
This was one of my favorite childhood stories.
cute story about about a kid and his freckles.
Judy Blume's hilarious tale of a boy who wants one thing more than anything else-freckles! But when a classmate sells him a secret freckle juice formula, strange things begin to happen!
this book is the best
My kids really enjoyed reading this.
A classic Judy Blume tale.
Nicky has freckles -- they cover his face, his ears, and the whole back of his neck. Sitting behind him in class, Andrew once counted eighty-six of them, and that was just a start! If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty. One day after school, Andrew works up enough courage to ask Nicky where he got his freckles. When know-it-all Sharon overhears, she offers Andrew her secret freckle juice recipe -- for fifty cents. It's a lot of money, but Andrew is desperate. At home he carefully mixes the strange combination of ingredients. Then the unexpected happens...
