Judy Moody, Tooth Fairy

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 2, 2017

Review

This is the eighth installment in the Judy Moody and Friends series. The layout is for new readers with three longer chapters, large font and Madrid's color illustrations on full page spreads throughout the book. Third grader Judy Moody begins to question whether the tooth fairy is real when on the playground her friend overhears a fifth-grader saying that they don't exist. Judy enlists Stink and his wiggly tooth to prove that the tooth fairy exists. After a few attempts, the tooth pops out and is strategically placed under his pillow that night with Judy secretly waiting to see the tooth fairy. Luckily for Judy, when it seems like the tooth fairy did not come and the parents are informed for the first time, the tooth fairy makes an appearance the next night. Readers who still buy into the tooth fairy will be allowed to further their own narrative with this story line. Content includes the tooth fairy's going rate for a tooth as $3.70 and Stink having plans to buy a raffle ticket with his earnings.

Overall Book Score: good