Tooth Mouse Prez
By (Author) Ana Cristina Herreros
Illustrated by Violeta Lopz
Translated by Sara Lissa Paulson
Enchanted Lion Books
Enchanted Lion Books
12th September 2019
United States
Children
Fiction
Hardback
48
Age range 5 to 9
What do you do with a baby tooth when it falls out Why, give it to a Tooth Mouse, of course!
All children lose their baby teeth. But what security do they have as to what will grow in the gap left by each tooth lost Will it be a donkey's tooth A crooked, yellow dog's tooth Better hope not!Tooth Mouse Prez will make a trade: one strong, straight mouse tooth for every baby human tooth. This is his mission.Philologist, Folklore Specialist, Ana Cristina Herreros combines her work as an editor with her day job as a professional storyteller (under the name Ana Griott) and has performed in libraries, theaters, prisons, cafs, schools, and parks since 1992. With Siruela she has also published Cuentos populares del Mediterrneo, Libro de Monstruos espaoles, Libro de Brujas espaolas, Geografa mgica y Cuentos populares de la Madre Muerte. Violeta Lopiz is a Berlin-based Spanish illustrator. She has illustrated numerous books including The Forest (Enchanted Lion Books, 2018), Amigos do Peito (Bruaa, 2014), and Les poings sur les iles (Editions du Rouergue, 2011), which received the CJ Picture Book Award 2011 in the New Books category. She has participated in exhibitions in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Israel, Turkey, USA, Japan, Korea, and more. El Cultural, the supplement of El Mundo, considers her one of the top ten names of contemporary Spanish illustration. Her work can be found in bookstores, streets, fairs, newspapers, and the thousands of notebooks that she leaves scattered around.