Cousin Ruth's Tooth [Hardcover]

Amy MacDonald (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

The hunt is on for Cousin Ruth's missing tooth, and the Fisters are looking everywhere imaginable.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The irrepressible Fister family (Rachel Fister's Blister) is back, this time in high dudgeon over a younger clan member's missing tooth. The hunt is on, with the supremely silly family's wild-goose chase charted in an ideal marriage of text and artwork. With a few whisks of her watercolor brush, the truly priceless Priceman outlines the frenzied bustle suggested by MacDonald's madcap chronicle of the Fisters' fruitless search. The rambunctiously sly rhyming text will tickle the funny bones of preschoolers ("Check the hatbox./ Check the cat box./ Look inside the VCR") as well as of jaded elders ("Though they searched in ways most ruthless,/ after days they still were... toothless"). For added dash, Priceman has created a jazzy visual blend-dressed in outfits of yesteryear, Fisters scour such up-to-the-minute establishments as "Teeth R' Us" in search of a dental replacement. It's a perfect romp, and readers can only hope for more collaborations between these two. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2?Cousin Ruth, a member of the wacky Fister clan introduced in Rachel Fister's Blister (Houghton, 1990), has lost a tooth. This everyday event throws the entire family into a riotous state, beginning with Ruth's aunt, who on the first page calls to her daughter "Rachel Fister, get your sister!" The characters' dash from page to page in search of the missing item is captured in Priceman's expressive watercolor illustrations. The text offers some very funny rhymes and jokes as different Fisters offer their personal solutions. Uncle Drew wants to stick on a new tooth with Super Glue, while cousin Keith wants to buy one at "Wal-Mart, Sears, or All-Mart." Finally, after days of searching, they decide to "ask the wisest to advise us" and fax the Queen for a solution. While they are trying to figure out her response, Cousin Ruth announces that she has found her tooth. A new one is growing under the old one. The colorful illustrations are entertaining and a perfect fit with the text. Each detail of the seemingly casual paintings has its own funny story to tell. This will be a great read-aloud, and it will also be enjoyed by beginning readers.?Anne Parker, Milton Public Library, MA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (March 5, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039571253X
• ISBN-13: 978-0395712535
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 9.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,720,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars not as good as their first book, July 20, 2002

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Jessica E. Hope (Woodside, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cousin Ruth's Tooth (Hardcover)

I probably would have liked this book much more if I didn't already own "Rachel Fister's Blister", which is excellent. "Cousin Ruth's Tooth" is cute and zippy, with cats which my 1 year old daughter likes, and funny details which adults will appreciate. But if you can only buy one book by these authors, get "Rachel Fister's Blister" instead - it is fabulous.