Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat by Deborah Underwood
2015; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 69; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2015.0679
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
ResumoReviewed by: Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat by Deborah Underwood Jeannette Hulick Underwood, Deborah Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat; illus. by Claudia Rueda. Dial, 2015 [96p] ISBN 978-0-525-42774-2 $16.99 Reviewed from galleys R 5-7 yrs After losing a tooth and receiving a coin from the Tooth Fairy, Cat plots to lure her back for a visit by leaving the tooth from a comb under the pillow. Needless to say, the Tooth Fairy isn’t fooled, but she does leave Cat a tooth fairy costume, a list of deliveries to make, and a helper—a mouse in a similar tooth fairy costume—with the promise that if all goes well, Cat and Mouse may get to meet her. Cat and Mouse alternate tasks, with Cat handling the treetop retrieval of a squirrel’s tooth and Mouse collecting a small gopher’s tooth. Ultimately they finish the list, and the wait is over as—surprise—the Mouse disappears in a “POOF” only to reappear as the Tooth Fairy. Underwood employs the same setup as her previous books Here Comes the Easter Cat (BCCB 1/14) and Here Comes Santa Cat (BCCB 12/14), with mischievous Cat dialoguing via picture-only signs with a rather droll narrator, this time with additional sign input from Mouse. Cat is a delight, thoroughly and appropriately childlike in action and emotion, while the narrator’s understated wit (“Cats are very good climbers, Mouse. We won’t need a cannon”) adds an extra layer of humor. Rueda’s sassy Cat, rendered in ink and colored pencil on white paper, is a hoot in an aqua tutu and fairy wings, as is the droopy-eared, potbellied Mouse in similar attire. Fans of the previous books will want to join Cat on this latest jaunt, and those looking for a tooth fairy–themed title will find this a pleasant diversion as well. Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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