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32 pp.
| Putnam |
June, 2008 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-24459-9$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Jenny Mattheson.
In sprightly rhyme, the text describes a little girl's worries about her loose tooth. She's nervous about the pain but wants the tooth out so she can get money from the tooth fairy to buy her father a birthday present. Spanish words are incorporated into the English rhyme. Unfussy oil-paint illustrations show a loving family (even her imposing brother comes around). Glos.