Book review

This is a lovely book for children, exploring different traditions of what happens to their baby teeth once they fall out, starting in South Africa with the Tooth Mouse.

The book explains why we brush our teeth and what happens if we don't. We're introduced to Bobby, who experiences his first wobbly tooth, and his older sister, Lizzie, who enjoys sharing her knowledge about Max, the Tooth Mouse, with her little brother.

In South Africa, Max takes baby teeth from children's slippers, where they are left with a piece of cheese, and leaves a coin in return. He takes these teeth to build a magical tooth castle in a world with toothbrush trees. Unfortunately, the family has to move to Canada before Bobby's tooth comes out, but the children ask Max to go with them. Once the tooth is lost, the Tooth Fairy arrives to take the tooth and explains that, in Canada, children put their baby teeth under their pillows.