The Tooth Fairy Wars - Hardcover

Coombs, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416979158 ISBN 13: 9781416979159

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014

Synopsis

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...

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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.

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 2—Most children are eager to exchange their lost teeth for money from the Tooth Fairy. Not Nathan, who wants to keep all his baby teeth "forever." Thus begins a series of skirmishes between a determined boy and an equally obstinate Tooth Fairy. The child does what he can to ensure that his teeth are not taken away one at a time by hiding them in the garage, a tarantula's cage, and the garden, for instance. He even writes a polite note asking the fairy to leave his most recently fallen tooth. Nevertheless, every morning after a baby tooth falls out, he ascertains that it is gone and a dollar has been left in its place. Though he finds a couple of somewhat threatening letters from "the 15th League of Enchanted Commerce," the child doesn't stop attempting to thwart this fairy on a mission. Digitally colored pencil drawings reveal the escalating battles and the ultimate victor in the war of wills. The humorous story of Nathan, his baby teeth, and a Tooth Fairy just trying to do her job will have children laughing as they attempt to guess who will triumph in the end.—Maryann H. Owen, Children's Literature Specialist, Mt. Pleasant, WI

About this edition

• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1416979158
• ISBN 13: 9781416979159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Parker Jake