I Wish I Had Freckles Like Abby

by Kathry Helig, Deborah Hembrook, Bonnie Adamson (Illustrator)

Rosa concocts comical and innovative strategies to get freckles like her best friend. She learns that what she might dislike about herself may be just the thing someone else envies. Imagine that! Abby gains appreciation of her own uniqueness.

Rosa and Abby's friendship is brought to life in illustrator Bonnie Adamson's soft watercolor depiction. Animated expressions and funny details capture the many moods of her enthusiastic yearning and invention. The two friends take turns being funny, sad, inventive, and enterprising.

Awards and Honors:
This book has been honored by Kansas State Reading Circle Book List and as Society of School Librarians International Honor Book

This book is also available in bilingual full text hardcover and paperback editions.

This is one of four books in the I Wish Series. If you like this book, see also
I wish I Was Tall Like Willie
I Wish I Was Strong Like Manuel
I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 22, 2007

Reviews

[Shawn Deal]

Loved this book about two friends each wanting to have something the other does like freckles.

[Dolly]

This is a companion story with I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa. It's a fun tale about wanting something that you don't have and how we are all unique. Our girls enjoyed watching the story on the Tumblebooks website. (tumblebooks.com)

[Lauren]

Corresponds with "I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa" but this book took the other perspective of Rosa who wants freckles like Abby.

The book teaches that every child is unique and celebrates that uniqueness.

[Tim]

Fun to read with my niece, one of my sisters has freckles, & the girls do not get to see her alot. Well worth buying and reading to your children.