The Night Before the Tooth Fairy by Natasha Wing, Illustrated By Johansen Newman

Ricky has all his teeth and our next door neighbor (who is 6) just started losing his teeth and told Ricky about it. Ricky's a little freaked about losing his teeth but is intrigued by the Tooth Fairy thing so I decided to get him this book.

The book is written in the Night Before Christmas style and is very funny and cute. Here is the opening lines,

""Twas the night before the Tooth Fairy

would come take my tooth,

I'd been so excited

ever since it got looth."

This book does a great job addressing what happens when your tooth gets lose, when you lose it, and how cool it is when the Tooth Fairy comes. I think Ricky feels a lot better about the whole thing now, thanks to this cute book.

Scholastic, 2003