The Tooth Fairy Wars

by Kate Coombs, Jake Parker (Illustrator)

Overview

It’s the Tooth Fairy against Nathan, a boy who’d rather keep his tooth than get the cash, thank you very much!

Nathan’s lost his first tooth! And he’s thinking he’ll hold on to it, so thanks-but-no-thanks, Tooth Fairy. This is one tooth that is staying with its owner.

Except the Tooth Fairy has other ideas. And we’re not talking about some run-of-the-mill garden fairy here. No, this is the Tooth Fairy. She’s on a tooth procurement mission—and she’s not about to let some little boy get the best of her.

But she may have met her match in Nathan…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416979159
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	07/15/2014
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 11.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD730L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Kate Coombs is the author of several books for children including The Secret Keeper. She has taught every grade from kindergarten through college, most recently working with homebound inner-city children. She lives in Bountiful, Utah, where she shares her home with hundreds of much-loved books. You can visit her online at KateCoombs.com.

Jake Parker is a freelance illustrator, designer, and comic artist. He is the creator of the Missile Mouse graphic novel series and has worked for Blue Sky Studios on feature films like Horton Hears a Who, Rio, and Epic. Now he lives in Utah with his wife and children working on picture books, comics, and other freelance projects.

Editorial Reviews

2014-03-31
A lad's determination to keep his baby teeth sets him against not only the tooth fairy, but the whole Fay bureaucracy behind her. Far more interested in the teeth than the money, Nathan ingeniously hides each fallen chopper—to no avail, as his assigned tooth fairy is just as determined to collect them, and she comes armed with a high-tech Super Tooth Sensomatic to do the job. Clad in formal office togs and topped with a 'do that wouldn't dare show even a hair out of place in Parker's comically detailed digital paintings, the tiny tooth fairy positively oozes bureaucratic severity. But Nathan outlasts her and even a squad of thuggish enforcers euphemistically dubbed "Tooth Experts" from the 15th League of Enchanted Commerce to earn both a rare certificate of exemption and a dental rebate. " ‘Thanks!' said Nathan. ‘I'll keep them forever.' / And he did." The increasingly stern official missives from the tooth fairy are depicted in typescript on letterhead in the illustrations. While children are unlikely to have encountered communications of this ilk on their own behalfs, they will likely have seen their grown-ups tearing their hair out over similar ones—and their grown-ups will enjoy them thoroughly. Go, Nathan! Stick it to the Man...er, Fairy. (Picture book. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews