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Tabitha's stubborn tooth isn't merely dangling from her top of her mouth it's literally cantilevered over her lower lip. Every attempt to coax it free fails, but just when it looks like the Tooth Fairy will be giving Tabitha's house a pass that night, the girl erupts with an explosive sneeze, and out pops the tooth. The payoff comes on the final page: a tiny tooth fairy alights on Tabitha's bed. British debut author/artist Middleton gives this oft-told story new life with full-bleed, mixed-media illustrations handsomely rendered in sapphire, russet and grassy green. Her cartoony style masks its own sophistication with childlike touches, e.g., the colors don't quite reach the penciled borders on her figures. She creates movement with gestural lines and via surprising views, as in a spread about Tabitha jumping on a trampoline, with the girl represented only by her toes as the rest of her flies out of range. By composing almost every one of the pictures along a single plane and virtually eliminating any background detail, Middleton accentuates Tabitha's appealing gangliness. And Tabitha's faithful sidekick, Henry, is a little jewel of cat a plump, orange fellow whose deadpan expressions wittily embody feline solicitude. Ages 4-8.
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 Five Stars, October 24, 2014
By Frances Lee
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Cute story my daughter loves reading this book.
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A CUTE little tooth story!, July 20, 2003
By HYEKim (CA)
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Poor Tabitha is trying EVERYTHING to make her loose tooth come out including; dancing around her bedroom, bouncing on a trampoline even tying a string around it and attaching it around her turtle! But try as she might her stubborn tooth just WON'T come out and just as she was about to give up "AAHHCHOO" she sneezes and out comes her tooth, just in time to put under her pillow for the tooth fairy! A fun little story with whimsical, bright illustrations. My daughter loves this book and so will your little one!
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Terrifically inventive!, February 24, 2003
By A customer
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Parents and Teachers of the 5-7 year old losing first teeth will want to share this inventive book with their children. Tabitha has a loose tooth and tries a number of ways to make it come out. In the end, it pops out with a sneeze! The story is amusing and that's enough reason to enjoy it with your children. For those who are helping children succeed in the task of learning to read, this is a great example of the solutions-tried story structure. Read it for enjoyment all the way through first. Then read it to identify the story elements and discuss all the solutions Tabitha tried. The actual solution to the problem of getting the tooth out was an accident, so that adds interest. In discussing the story, use sequence words such as first, then, next, and finally. This conversation should be fun!
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