Florence Frizzball

By Author / Illustrator

Claire Freedman, Jane Massey

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Ltd

ISBN

9781471144547

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

07-09-2017

Synopsis

A funny, heart-warming sibling story from Claire Freedman, author of the bestselling Aliens Love Underpants series and picture books Oliver and Patch and The Great Snortle Hunt.

Florence's curly-whirly, wild and crazy hair couldn't be more different from her brother Ben's sleek and shiny do. She begs her mum to let a hairdresser try and tame it, but when she gets the restyle she's after, will Florence be happy with the outcome?

Claire Freedman's rhyming text and Jane Massey's gorgeous illustrations perfectly combine to create laugh-out-loud moments and deliver an important message about being comfortable in your own skin.

Reviews

Florence Frizzball is a heartwarming picture book about a close brother and sister who love to do everything together, although sometimes their differences can become a pain. Florence's Frizzball hair gets in the way! Its curls and crazy frizz are becoming a bit of a nightmare and is nothing like her brothers all 'neat and flat'. Florence decides its time for a change and pleads with mum to take a trip to the hairdressers, but maybe a change is not what would make Florence happy after all. A lovely story to introduce discussion about being different and being happy with who we are and what we look like with young children. This story and the charming pictures gave us lots of laughs and will lead in nicely to some start of year self-portraits in art to introduce 'ourselves' topic. Picture book / Ages 4+ / Reviewed by Nikki Stiles, teacher.