# Is "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Freckle Juice by Judy Blume (Four Winds Press, 1971) is identified by: Four Winds Press first edition with a 1971 copyright, illustrated by Sonia O. US Four Winds Press first edition (1971).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Four Winds Press first edition with a 1971 copyright, illustrated by Sonia O. Lisker
- This is a short chapter book issued as a hardcover in pictorial paper-covered boards and WITHOUT a dust jacket; there is no first-issue jacket to seek
- Identify the first printing by the 1971 Four Winds Press imprint and the absence of any later-printing statement on the copyright page
- Publisher imprint reads Four Winds Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Judy Blume |
| Publisher | Four Winds Press |
| Year | 1971 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | Four Winds Press first edition with a 1971 copyright, illustrated by Sonia O. Lisker |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
Four Winds Press first edition with a 1971 copyright, illustrated by Sonia O. Lisker. This is a short chapter book issued as a hardcover in pictorial paper-covered boards and WITHOUT a dust jacket; there is no first-issue jacket to seek. Identify the first printing by the 1971 Four Winds Press imprint and the absence of any later-printing statement on the copyright page.

## Is this the true first?
US Four Winds Press first edition (1971).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings and the 1973 Four Winds paperback are the common survivals; distinguish the 1971 hardcover in pictorial boards from these reprints by imprint and copyright date.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Freckle Juice* by Judy Blume a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/freckle-juice
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.