Tooth Fairy, You Have Some Explaining To Do! by Denise Barry Children's Book Book Review

ABOUT THE BOOK: The Tooth Fairy didn't come last night, and I want to know why! Did she forget? did she run out of money? Was this a mean joke? Maybe my mother was right when she said my room is so messy she won't find my bed! The Tooth Fairy has some explaining to do. 

• Age Range: 5 - 6 years
• Hardcover: 38 pages
• Publisher: Mascot Books (May 7, 2019)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1643070193
• ISBN-13: 978-1643070193

MY BOOK REVIEW

It is hard to review this book because there are things I loved about this book, but there was more I didn't like about the book. The pace of the story is great. There is some rhyming which helped the pace of reading it out loud.  I am not a fan of Denise Barry making the tooth fairy very clumsy. The child couldn't figure out why the tooth fairy didn't come. I thought for sure it was going to be because the child's mother didn't have the money, but it was because the tooth fairy was broke and dropped the teeth. The tooth fairy gives a paper note to a bird to give it to the child.  The tooth fairy didn't even give the child the money in the note. I would have thought the tooth fairy would have just come back the next night and give the child a note with the money. The story is creative and I believe kids will really enjoy it. Is the message even the magical tooth fairy has problems? The illustrations are gorgeous. They have lots of details. 

Another thing Barry did with the story was not putting a gender on the child.  At the end of the book, there is a list of discussion questions and asking fact questions. One of them asks "Do you see the child a boy or a girl and why did you think that way?" Click Here to learn more about why she did it that way.  What is the Nora Star named after what famous star in the sky? Answer: The North Star is also known as the Polaris. 

BOOK TRAILER:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

When I was eight years old all I wanted for Christmas was a typewriter. I wanted to become a “writer” and I didn’t know I could write without a typewriter (haha). I knew my parents couldn’t afford to buy me one though, so I prayed to Santa Claus, the way some people pray to God, and asked him to bring me one instead. The jolly old guy came through for me that year, and I got myself a shiny red typewriter!

I wrote songs with it, and a few poems, but as the months rolled by so did my interests. I abandoned my beloved typewriter for a while, along with my love of writing.

I went to school for a long time, then worked for the United States Customs Service for an even longer time. When my kids were born I became a stay-at-home mom and quickly learned that if I didn’t do something fun, just for me, I’d go crazy. So in between mashing carrots and making play dates, I began writing again.

I learned that when I sat down to write, I never wanted to stop. Nothing made me feel as complete as writing did. Being able to create something out of pure imagination was amazing to me, and still is. Imagination is our gift from the universe, after all.

When I finally acknowledged that writing is what I was meant to do, I got serious. I sat down and wrote the children’s book WHAT DOES THE TOOTH FAIRY DO WITH OUR TEETH?. That was a challenge because not only was I attempting to answer an age-old question in a unique way, I wanted it to rhyme as well.  To me, this book is a perfect blend of beauty (the illustrations!!), fun and creativity. It offers loads of ideas for what the Tooth Fairy might do with our teeth, while still allowing kids to use their own imaginations. This book won a Gold Mom’s Choice award in 2015 and continues to sell steadily since its publication in 2013. It is currently in its 3rd printing.

My other books include SOAP ON A ROPE, also a Gold Mom’s Choice award winner, and my newest book which will be released in May 2019, TOOTH FAIRY, YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO!. 

I hope you check out my books and my blog called Raisin’ Kids — it’s for parents who want to raise adults, not adult children.

You’re never too little to dream big, nor too big to dream…

Cheers!

Denise

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