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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83342 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 32 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780439388504
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Publishers Weekly
This slim, paper-over-board volume by the creators of The Paper Bag Princess and Alligator Baby gives some loose-tooth cliches a slapstick spin. When Andrew's wobbly, hurting tooth prevents him from eating an apple, his mother yanks at it futilely with both hands. His father then puts his foot on the boy's nose and attempts to pull it with pliers. However, this effort is no more successful than the dentist's endeavor to tie one end of a rope to the tooth and the other to his car (which falls apart when he drives away), or the tooth fairy's attempted extraction with a hammer. A vigorous sneeze (brought on by his best friend's idea that Andrew inhale pepper) finally does the trick, sending the tooth flying through the air, "all the way across town." Martchenko's watercolor cartoons embellish the tale's hyperbole with funky touches: wearing beads and sandals, the ponytailed dentist arrives in a car boasting a giant rooftop tooth; and the leather-clad, motorcycle-riding tooth fairy sports a necklace studded with specimens of her trade. Although it's all quite inane, Munsch fans will be thoroughly entertained. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3AOnce again, Munsch and Martchenko have produced a fun-to-read story with just the kind of exaggerated humor and pictures that appeal to youngsters. Andrew has a loose tooth. He wants to eat an apple but it hurts. Both of his parents, the dentist, and even a motorcycle-riding Tooth Fairy try some pretty drastic measures to help him get rid of the stubborn tooth, but with no success. When there seems to be no solution, some pepper takes care of the problem by causing a big sneeze. The brightly colored, full-page cartoons and the repetitive language make this a good read-aloud. Andrew's repeated "YEEE-OW!" will get listeners involved from the first page, and young readers will fall quickly into the easy-to-follow story pattern. A whopper, whether it is shared one-on-one or with a group.AMarty Abbott Goodman, L.J. Bell Elementary School, Rockingham, NC
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Gr. 1^-2, younger for reading aloud. Poor Andrew. His loose tooth hurts so much he can't even bite into an apple. How to get it out? Mother can't pull it out, Father can't yank it out, it resists the dentist and even the Tooth Fairy, who roars up on her motorcycle and breaks a sledgehammer on the stubborn tooth. At last, Andrew's friend Louis comes through, with the old pepper-up-the-nose trick, and Andrew's mighty "AHHHHH-CHOO!" sends the tooth shooting off across town like a bullet. As usual, Munsch's broad (if not deep) brand of humor and patterned style of storytelling will have young listeners chiming in between chortles, and Martchenko's cartoons create a suitably comic air. As a happy Andrew gorges on apples till he bulges, the tooth is last seen whizzing over a crowd of astonished motorists, with the leather-clad Tooth Fairy (a far cry from, for instance, Peter Collington's industrious but ethereal sprite in Tooth Fairy [1995]) in hot midair pursuit. Munsch's legion of fans will love this book forever. John Peters

Customer Reviews

A book of humor about something that happens to everyone.
Robert Munsch does an excellent job of bringing humor to something that can be scary for children - losing a tooth. He makes the story very silly by introducing a few silly characters to help Andrew rid himself of his lose tooth.

Funny!
I'm not among the legion of fans of this author's book, "Love You Forever" (but that's another review.) This book, however, is delightful -- it really appeals to the sense of humor of a five-year-old (like my son). After reading it, he's eager to have a loose tooth. As a bonus for us, it contains lots of "sh" and "th" words, which we need to practice for his speech therapy.

Great for those loose tooth jitters!
A wonderful tale of a little boy's loose tooth and how it finally comes out! I read it when a child in my class loses his/her first tooth and insert his/her name.