The Tooth Fairy -- How the legend came to be

What a sweet story ... what wonderful drawings! I was absolutely stunned at how beautiful this book was when I opened the package.

This could be a wonderful bed-time story, or a story to go along with a child's first tooth loss. More than that, however, I see this book as not only a well loved child's book, one that becomes worn and tattered from much turning of the pages as it's read over and over during a lifetime, but also as a collector's item because of the style and the illustrations.

The illustrations are in bold, bright colors, that are vaguely reminiscent of Mary Englebreight's "Queen of Everything" characters, but softer and gentler at the same time, like the Little Prince's pictures. The graphic bars on each page remind me of the style of illuminated books from the turn of the century and before. Like Wings of Flame, it speaks on many levels.

No longer in print, but available in limited supply as a used book, this one is worth snagging a copy of before the demand for this wonderful book increases the price out of range for the average book lover.

This is what the back of the book looks like:



This is from the old website that no longer exists - I scanned a page that Stephen had printed out from the old site.