10/5/09

Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy?

Author: Jason Alexander

Illustrator: Ron Spears

Publisher:  Orchard Books

Publication Date: 2005

Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Audience: Gr. K-2

Overview: Gaby loves the incentives of loosing a tooth but one day when he overhears a group of older kids talking about the doubts of all these different people, he begins to question his beliefs. He asks his dad if the tooth fairy is real, and his dad has a magical, reassuring answer for him.

Activity: Show the students pictures of what fairies look like. Then have them draw a picture of what they think their tooth fairy looks like and give their fairy a name.

Reviewer’s Name: Traci Daelemans