In the wordless 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.
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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 Publishers Weekly
Picture-book collectors and parents of preschoolers will surely want to find a space on their bookshelves for this splendid work. As in Collington's The Angel and the Soldier Boy and On Christmas Eve, exquisite, minutely detailed art relays a wordless story. When a girl loses a tooth at bedtime, she places it in a tiny "tooth box" that she slides under her pillow. Soon a tiny fairy wearing an ethereal white dress and a crown of roses flies from her home within the trunk of a tree to a trap door hidden in the forest floor. It leads to a cavernous mine, where-using a large furnace to melt the metal and a mold to shape it-she fashions a silver coin. At last the fairy enters the girl's room, retrieves the small box and exchanges the coin for the tooth. Readers of all ages will be delighted to learn exactly what this dedicated fairy does with the newly fetched tooth in the inventive, heartwarming conclusion. Somewhat out of sync with the elegant feel of the book, the final page contains a tooth box and coin to be cut out and assembled. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I think this may be the tooth fairy I saw when I was six !,
This review is from: The Tooth Fairy (Hardcover)
I found this to be a darling book. It shows a loving relationship between a little girl and her mother as well as alleviate the mystery of the tooth fairy. As a young child (I am a first grade teacher with a grown son), I saw what I believed to be the tooth fairy. I never forgot it, it made such an impression on me. Young children love fantasy and "little" things, so for most children, I believe this to be an enchanting departure from the usual fare of books dealing with the fantasy world adults create for children. I was surprised to think that another reviewer would compare this topic to poaching of ivory. The child "wants" the tooth fairy to visit. Many children try to stay awake with the hopes of a magical glimpse of the tooth fairy. This beautifully illustrated book helps to "answer" the fantasy questions that children want to explore. Even when they no longer truely believe, many children do not admit it, so they can continue to enjoy the fantasy world. Imagination and fantasy are wonderful things that indicate high intelligence. We grow up soon enough and put these thoughts aside for reality. This book is a beautiful treasure for children and even adults. I love this book!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Tooth Fairy by Peter Collington,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Tooth Fairy (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book for children who are not yet able to read fluently. Children are able to utilize their imagination in order to form the "words" to the story. The illustrations are inviting and the subject matter is something that most children can easily identify with. As an elementary education teacher, I would recommend this book to grades K-3 for pleasure reading, as well as 4-6 to assist in developing sequential story writing.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
You will either like the concept or hate it,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Tooth Fairy (Hardcover)
I loved the illustrations, but the story was somewhat unsettling to me as an adult. I am concern about poaching of animals for their ivory and found the tooth fairy using the childs teeth for piano keys, just as unsettling(even though the child lived). But if the story does not bother you, you will find that the illustrations live up the the quality, detail and class that you associate with this 'writer'.
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