April Underhill, Tooth Fairy
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781406321555 (1406321559)
Publish date: June 1st 2010
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
A contemporary twist to the tooth fairy tale. April and Esme are two tiny child fairies complete with cell phones! They take off on their first tooth retrieval, with courage and determination. A cute story for little ones of a new generation.
Normally I wouldn't be wowed by a book like this. For starters, it isn't my style of illustration at all - cutesy and cartoony . But I really love books that juxtapose magic and the modern world. Countless stories of magic are set in history or in far away (i.e. unreachable) realms. Here we have a f...