Frecklopia

by Renee Oelrich

Frecklopia takes place in Morocco along the Atlas Mountains where anyone and everyone can live in harmony that has any kind of skin blemishes. Finding Frecklopia is the most amazing thing SMIDGEON, and her new friends have ever done. On a journey to find more gooey gum to help remove her fuzzy spots so she can be accepted on the soccer team of lions and panthers, Smidgeon, the fuzzy spotted leopard from Nigeria, found new friends, new places, some bullies and a few troubles along the way. Smidgeon and her new best friend, PATCHES, a giraffe from Chad, deal with mandrill monkey bullies on the docks by the Atlantic Ocean to help a hyena named POCKY. The trio of odd spotted new friends goes on to find gooey gum in France and Spain. By the time they have enough gum for Smidgeon to take her fuzzy spots off for the soccer season, they find Frecklopia and the most wonderful place in the world to just be anything and everything they want without feeling like they don't fit in or will get bullied. Go along with Smidgeon and find out who helps her get to Frecklopia.
The Frecklopia series aligns well with these classics like, Charlotte's Web, Matilda, The Secret Lake, and The Magic Tree House with its use of animal societies, magical worlds, historical adventures, and positive messages. Frecklopia's cast is quirky and endearing like, Pippi Longstocking, Judy Moody, Junie B. Jones,and The Wayside School. The story's pacing and dialogue are accessible for young readers, with clear moral lessons and engaging action.

39 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 29, 2025