Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World
What do you do when you lose a tooth? Do you put it under your pillow and wait for the tooth fairy? Not if you live in Botswana! In Botswana, children throw their teeth onto the roof. In Afghanistan they drop their teeth down mouse holes, and in Egypt they fling their teeth at the sun! Travel...
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What do you do when you lose a tooth? Do you put it under your pillow and wait for the tooth fairy? Not if you live in Botswana! In Botswana, children throw their teeth onto the roof. In Afghanistan they drop their teeth down mouse holes, and in Egypt they fling their teeth at the sun! Travel around the world and discover the surprising things children do when they lose a tooth. Selby B. Beeler spent years collecting traditions from every corner of the globe for this whimsical book, and G. Brian Karas adds to the fun, filling every page with humorous detail. He perfectly captures the excitement and pride that children experience when a tooth falls out.This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 2-3, Informational Texts)
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780618152384 (0618152385)
ASIN: 618152385
Publish date: September 24th 2001
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
My niece, nephew, and I enjoyed Throw Your Tooth on the Roof. My niece and nephew both liked learning about what kids from various countries/cultures do with their teeth when they fall out, and my nephew, like me, was fascinated by how many cultures believe in a "Tooth Mouse" rather than a Tooth Fa...
I really thought the title was a one-off. Who knew so many people literally throw their teeth on the roof! Ha! We actually got super nerdy with this and made a bar graph to chart the frequency of various traditions. Move over tooth fairy, the rat and the roof take the prize! Lots of fun!
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