Amazon Sheri's web site Category:  Children Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN-10:  0811854604 Type: Fiction Pages: 32 Copyright: August 23, 2007 ISBN-13: 9870811854603 A night in the life of a very James Bondish tooth fairy! You think it's easy being the Tooth Fairy? Think again--of stormy nights, dangerous pets, pearly whites hidden in pajama pockets or wrapped in dirty tissues, to say nothing of all those thousands of teeth falling out all over the world every single day. The Tooth Fairy's nights are long and hard. But she's up for it. She never misses a tooth. How does she do it? For the first time ever, she reveals everything right here! Tooth has sold 11,000 copies since its August 2007 publication, and will soon be published in French. Tooth is the recipient of a First Prize award in the Children's Book - Fiction category of the Delaware Press Association 2008 Communications Contest.   Excerpt "And I'm smart! Take my amazing Tooth-o-Finder, for example. I invented it."

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You Think It’s Easy Being the Tooth Fairy?
by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
and illustrated by David Slonim
Chronicle Books
Fall 2007
(review copy)

Meet the Tooth Fairy, as only David Slonim and Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt can bring her to you. The tongue-in-cheek humor of Slonim’s He Came With the Couch (2005) made me happy, and so I had to see this, his newly-illustrated title. And I’m glad I met this brassy, cheeky fairy of the teeth-gathering profession. She’s quite unforgettable. “You think it’s easy being the tooth fairy? Well, it’s not. It takes skill! It takes daring!” she tells us on the first page as she’s rappelling into a sleeping child’s room (yes, he’s got that gap-toothed snore goin’ on, having just lost a tooth) with the help of some fireflies. This fairy is spilling over with personality, too:

Let’s get one thing straight, OK? I NEVER wear pink flouncing skirts or twinkling glass slippers! That’s Cinderella. She does a lot of sitting around the castle looking pretty. BORING! Me, I’m an action kind of gal. I live for danger! For suspense!

That’s where it’s at, my friends. And it just gets better: She shows us her muscles (that’s what happens when you lug around quarters every night), her amazing Tooth-o-Finder, and her Spy-o-Binoculars. She shows us her athletic prowess, her grace, her ability to “roll with the punches,” and her impressive ability to outwit the dogs, gerbils, and cats who are always out to thwart her tooth-collecting efforts. She then launches into a “Placement of Teeth” lecture (as in, where you can place your teeth at night to make her work more effective, thanks very much) — in all her good-natured attempts to simply make her thrill-seeking job a bit easier — heading home after that to get some shut-eye in her bed, shaped (of course) like a gaping mouth with its pearly whites. The end pages show sleeping children and the teeth they’ve lost to date lined up around their images. Slonim’s bright, cartoon illustrations — rendered in acrylic paint, oils, pencil, and ballpoint pen on linen (whew) — burst off the page with humor and warmth and action and lots ‘o spunk, of course (this is our steadfast, tenacious, nose-to-the-grindstone, anti-princess tooth fairy at work here after all). A revealing exposé into the brutal, never-before-brought-to-light work of the dental dwarf of the night.

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Reviewed by Kelly Herold

Admit it: You’ve sometimes wondered about the Tooth Fairy. What does she look like? Is she really a pinkified variant of a Disney princess? Does she glide down to the pillow, pink skirts billowed, on a trail of sparkling fairy dust?

I choose to believe she’s more like the heroine in Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt’s You Think It’s Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? Her job's difficult—digging under pillows, traveling the world, hauling a bag of teeth after her—and this fairy wants you to know it: "You think it’s easy being the tooth fairy? Well, it’s not. It takes skill. It takes daring!"

That it does. The book chronicles a night in the Tooth Fairy's life and provides rules for those expecting a visit. Bell-Rehwoldt’s fairy is tough, hard working, and as straightforward a gal as you could hope:

Let’s get one thing straight, OK?
I NEVER wear pink flouncing skirts
or twinkling glass slippers! That’s
Cinderella. She does a lot of sitting
around the castle looking pretty.
BORING!
Me, I’m an action kind of gal.
I live for danger!
For suspense!

David Slonim’s illustrations fit Bell-Rehwoldt’s dramatic, child-friendly text perfectly. The tooth fairy has a mop of red hair, wears purple pajamas, and rides around the world on a tooth, a homing device attached to her wrist. Children recline in the background like sleeping giants.

You Think It’s Easy Being the Tooth Fairy challenges conventional wisdom and the popular imagination to great effect. For maximum giggles read this one aloud to a group of children and watch their imaginations soar.

Rating: *\*\*\

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You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy?
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Reviewed by: Marie Jones

Now that I am all grown up, I don't lose teeth anymore (Thank God!), but reading this book makes me wish I could, just so that I could perhaps catch a glimpse of the sassy, fiery red-haired little powerhouse called the Tooth Fairy.

In this absolutely delightful and eye-popping book, the Tooth Fairy is not at all what we think she is. No frilly pink tutus, no elf helpers. Why, instead, author Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt and illustrator David Slonim have created a truly unique, adorable and energetic Fairy that works alone, has grit as well as heart, and thinks quite highly of herself, if you don't mind.

Kids will love the colorful and whimsical illustrations, and the general sass and pizazz of the main character. No doubt, each time your child loses a tooth, they will wait in gleeful anticipation for this bold little Fairy to skateboard (or should I say, "toothboard") on into their rooms, weighed down in quarters, flexing her muscles and giving off that toothy attitude. Not to mention her amazing gadget, the "Tooth-o-Finder," a kind of LoJack for missing teeth that helps her identify kids all over the world in need of a visit, and a quarter or two under their pillow.

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I rarely rate books ten out of ten, but this one takes the cake. If I could think up a great tooth-oriented cliché to describe just how much fun this book is, I'd do it. But suffice it to say, it will make you and your kids smile.