Title: The Tooth That's on the Loose!
Author: Chris Robertson
Genre: Teeth / Humor / Western / Parody
Year Published: 2017
Year Read: 2017
Publisher: Xist Publishing
Source: eARC (NetGalley)
Content Rating: Ages 4+ (Some Mischievous Behavior)
Buy or Add on: Amazon // Goodreads
I
would like to thank NetGalley and Xist Publishing for
providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I will admit that I had only read
a few children’s books that dealt with the theme of children losing their baby
teeth (mainly Marc Brown’s “Arthur’s
Tooth”). So, when NetGalley offered
a children’s book called “The Tooth
that’s on the Loose!” by Chris Robertson
that has a creative take on children losing their baby teeth, I knew that I had
to get this book as soon as possible!
Who is that toothy and wiggly
varmint who is running around town, causing mayhem wherever he goes? Tooth Be Wiggly (T.B. Wiggly, for short)
that’s who! This outlaw goes around
leaving holes in people’s mouths (in other words, taking people’s teeth and
causing a hole in their mouths where the teeth used to be) and Sheriff Tex is
trying to recruit some kids to help him bring down this outlaw!
Can the kids bring down T.B. Wiggly?
Read this book to find out!
I must admit that I was quite
impressed with this creative and odd little book! Chris
Robertson has done a great job at making a dilemma that kids would have,
which is losing their baby teeth at a young age and turn that dilemma into an outlaw
villain named T.B. Wiggly, which made this book truly creative and interesting
to read! I also liked the fact that
Sheriff Tex was the one narrating the story and telling the audience who T.B.
Wiggly is and why he has to be stopped as it allows us to explore the world
through the characters’ point of view. I
really like the way that Chris Robertson
is able to incorporate so much humor in this book as I cannot help but laugh at
the idea about a living tooth going around causing mayhem wherever he goes! Chris Robertson’s artwork is
hilarious and exaggerated to look at, especially of the image of T.B. Wiggly
himself as he is a tooth that has a large black mustache and tiny beady eyes that
portrays his rugged personality. I also
loved the mischievous looks that T.B. Wiggly gives to the audience as it helps
lets the audience know that T.B. Wiggly is up to no good!
The reason why I took off half a
point from the rating was because I felt that more could have been done with T.
B. Wiggly himself as he felt like a one-sided villain of the story whose only
purpose of being in this story is to be the generic bad guy who steals people’s
teeth. While I understand that T.B.
Wiggly is representing the dilemma that young children go through, which is
losing their baby teeth, I sort of wished that there was more development to
his character besides being the bad guy that would make him stand out more in
the story.
Overall, “The Tooth that’s on the Loose!” is a truly creative story for
children who are going through losing their baby teeth and want to read a story
that tackles this issue in a humorous and creative way! I would recommend this book to children ages
four and up since there is nothing inappropriate in this book.
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