Gilbert and the Lost Tooth

Resumen del libro

Gilbert's so excited when his tooth comes out that he can hardly wait to put it under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy. But in his excitement, Gilbert puts his precious tooth in a pocket with a hole in the bottom and he can't find it anywhere.

Star of such bestselling titles as Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink, Gilbert the opossum is back in an all-new I Can Read. When he loses his front tooth, Gilbert worries that the Tooth Fairy will forget all about him.

Gilbert's so excited when his tooth comes out that he can hardly wait to put it under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy. But in his excitement, Gilbert puts his precious tooth in a pocket with a hole in the bottom and he can't find it anywhere. Little does he know that the class bully, Lewis, took Gilbert's tooth to put under his own pillow. What Lewis doesn't realize, though, is the Tooth Fairy has a Tooth Detector who finds not just a lost tooth but the truth.

Children who are just learning to read on their own will identify with Gilbert's plight. With gentle, humorous text and expressive watercolor illustrations, Diane deGroat perfectly captures the hopes and anxieties of the playground set. The story contains a worthwhile but not heavy-handed message that the truth always comes out in the end.