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Academy Award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author Julianne Moore brings us more adventures from Freckleface Strawberry! Freckleface and her best friend, Windy Pants Patrick, each have something secret in their backpacks: sticky, gooey gum and a squished, messy donut. When it comes time to pull their homework from their backpacks to hand in to the teacher, suddenly their snack choices seem like a really bad idea. Everyone's favorite red-haired seven-year-old makes her exciting and hilarious debut in the Step Into Reading line of leveled readers.
Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
Also available in the Freckleface Strawberry series: Lunch, or What's That?; Loose Tooth!; and Freckleface Strawberry and the Really Big Voice .
Find activities and other fun stuff at FrecklefaceStrawberry.com!
"Moore offers another delightful tale of her red-headed heroine, Freckleface Strawberry."-- School Library Journal
Author Notes
JULIANNE MOORE is an Academy Award-winning actress and the author of the New York Times bestselling Freckleface Strawberry series and My Mom Is a Foreigner, But Not to Me , illustrated by Meilo So. She lives in New York City with her family.
LeUYEN PHAM is the prolific illustrator of many books for children, including the New York Times bestselling Freckleface Strawberry series and Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio. Her own works include The Twelve Days of Christmas , All the Things I Love About You, and Big Sister, Little Sister . She lives with her husband and two sons in San Francisco.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 2-Moore offers another delightful tale of her red-headed heroine, Freckleface Strawberry. In Backpacks!, Freckleface and her best friend, Windy Pants Patrick, are both enthusiastic students who always do their homework and prepare their own backpacks with their favorite items. Unfortunately, the two friends discover that their favorite items (bubble gum and doughnuts) do not necessarily belong in their backpacks. Ruined homework fills the students with despair until their teacher mistakes their poor judgment for scholarly creativity. Faced with false praise, the two students face up to their mistakes rather than lie to their teacher, leading to a kind and whimsical ending. In Lunch, Freckleface and Windy Pants are back in action and solving one of life's most universal mysteries: What on Earth is that thing they are serving for school lunch? The two budding foodies adore noodles, hot dogs, and sandwiches-however, they are baffled by the odd green gloop served in the cafeteria. Freckleface and her peculiar meal soon draw a crowd of disbelievers and skeptics, but Freckleface braves her trepidation and decides to try something new to surprisingly pleasant results. The Japanese brush pen illustrations bring to life the expressive faces of the children, and the wide spectrum of colors are used effectively, particularly with the freckles of the main character. The bold style and strong colors we have come to expect from the series are used cleverly to portray various characters and busy spaces, while there is an excellent use of white space for clear and concise text. VERDICT Fans of the series will welcome these latest installments.-Maria Alegre, The Dalton School, New York City © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Freckleface Strawberry and Windy Pants Patrick are best friends in these child-friendly easy readers. In Backpacks, both pack extra things for school and end up ruining their homework. In Lunch, Freckleface is not sure what the lunch room is serving and is hesitant to try it. Pham's entertaining cartoon drawings fill the pages with their bright colors and bold lines. [Review covers these Step into Reading titles: Freckleface Strawberry: Backpacks! and Freckleface Strawberry: Lunch or What's That?] (c) Copyright 2016. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Two students learn to own up to their mistakesand not to put gum or doughnuts in their backpacksin actor Moore's new early-reader series. Freckleface Strawberry loves bugs, and her backpack has bugs on it. Inside, she has pencils, homework, and gum. Similarly, Windy Pants Patrick (readers don't find out the reason for the name) loves dogs, and his backpack contains pencils, homework, and a doughnut. Their parents (mom and dad for Freckleface, two moms for Patrick) don't know the kids have added snacks to their bags. The next day at school, when it's time to hand in their homework, the two learn why it's such a bad idea. The teacher praises their maps, thinking they've added mountains, but after school, they own up to the truth. While Moore uses short sentences, repetition, and relatively easy vocabulary (aside from her characters' names), those are not the only ingredients for a successful early reader. Readers also want a compelling story and interesting, three-dimensional characters, both of which are seriously lacking here. Pham's illustrations are serviceable and feature people with brightly colored hair and skin that lacks colorthey are all literally white, save a single brown girl with black hair. Though the series continues, readers are not likely to want to meet Freckleface Strawberry and Windy Pants Patrick again. (Early reader. 4-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.