Makeup Mess

by Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko (Illustrator)

Overview

There’s nothing more beautiful than a smart kid!

Julie wants to be BEEEEEEAUTIFUL! She's saved up all her money and robbed her little brother's piggy bank to buy some MMMMMAKEUP. Julie buys all kinds of makeup: red and purple stuff for her hair, green stuff for her cheeks, black stuff for her lips and yellow stuff for her eyes. When she looks in the mirror she thinks, "Oh! I am as pretty as a movie star." What she can't understand is why her parents don't seem to agree. Her mother screams, her father faints, and it isn't until Julie comes downstairs wearing her "regular face" that she learns she is beautiful with no makeup on at all.

Munsch's unique brand of humour will remind children that they are beautiful just the way they are, as they laugh throughout this hilarious new story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780439988964
Publisher:	Scholastic Canada Ltd
Publication date:	04/02/2019
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	244,912
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	440L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

ROBERT MUNSCH is Canada's bestselling author of more than sixty picture books for young readers. His heartwarming and hilarious stories are beloved by children, parents, teachers and booksellers alike. He lives in Guelph, Ontario.

MICHAEL MARTCHENKO's illustrations are as instantly identifiable and lovable as Robert Munsch's stories. His wild and colorful pictures add depth and even more hilarity to these picture book tales. Michael lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-3-Julie accrues $100 to shop for cosmetics that, upon excessive application, cause adults to faint. After she washes her face and removes 36 earrings, everyone revives to exclaim over her beauty. Julie sells the leftover makeup to her friends for $300 and spends most of it on thrift-shop clothes for dress up. Martchenko's comic cartoon watercolors zip with energy and details of this mixed-race family's antics and the imagination of the heroine. Unfortunately, she still is not compelling. From robbing her brother's piggy bank to selling used makeup at a profit to "friends," this girl's obsession with appearance is never explained and her tendency to yell (in capital letters) is grating.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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