Dear Tooth Fairy

Karen Gray Ruelle Dear Tooth Fairy. 32 pp/ Holiday House Reader 2006 ISBN 978-0-8234-1926-6 $14.95 (Grades 1-2)

Dear Tooth Fairy will have many young readers eager to lose their first tooth. Karen Gray Ruelle wrote this fictional book for early readers ages six to eight. The descriptive pictures are drawn with watercolors and felt tip pen. Ruelle tells an elaborate story line of Emily who has a loose tooth and the things she does to try and get her tooth out. She goes to her brother Harry for advice on such matters as how to get her tooth out and how to make sure the tooth fairy knows to come. Emily writes many letters to the tooth fairy to make sure she knows what Emily likes for her treasure. Will the tooth fairy come when she loses her tooth? How will Emily know what the tooth fairy looks like? Check out Dear Tooth Fairy to find out, and while there, also check out Ruelle’s One Nosy Pup.

Kristen Hoffa, BGSU student