The Tooth Fairy - Softcover

Collington, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099216922 ISBN 13: 9780099216926

Publisher: Red Fox, 1998

Synopsis

Have you ever wondered where tooth fairies live? Do you sometimes puzzle over where they get their money from? And what DO they do with all those teeth? All is revealed in...The Tooth Fairy.

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Review:

What Do The Fairies Do With All Those Teeth? is the title of a children's book by Michel Luppens that is full of whimsical possibilities. In contrast, Peter Collington's book tells a story with just one explanation. Collington specializes in entirely wordless storytelling, painstakingly drawn frame by frame. It turns out the Tooth Fairy makes piano keys from the tiny teeth, a manufacturing process illustrated in great detail. You will either love this notion or be repelled by it; the crux is in the drawing of course. After laboring through the construction process, the final scenes show the Tooth Fairy tinkling the keyboard back in her apartment.

From the Inside Flap:

ess storyboard format and soft pastel drawings that have become his trademark, Peter Collington offers an enchanting solution to the age-old mystery of what the tooth fairy does with all those teeth!  He follows an industrious tooth fairy on an arduous night's work of creating a perfect silver coin and exchanging it for a precious baby tooth.  Back in her cozy parlor, she lovingly transforms her prize into a new ivory key for her broken piano, then sits down to play a tune.  The trade edition includes a make-it-yourself tooth box for commemorating a milestone of every childhood--losing the first baby tooth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Fox
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0099216922
• ISBN 13: 9780099216926
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32