The Tooth Ball

A very unusual idea gives this story a particular interest and shows that Philippa Pearce knows what will intrigue the younger, picture book reader. Timmy loses one of his milk teeth but, instead of giving it to the tooth fairy, decides to wrap it up and keep it. The wrapping up process gets more and more involved and after layer on layer the 'tooth ball' is as big as a large balloon. It has magic properties, however, and the ball can not only fly but enables lonely Timmy to find the friends he longs for. Very attractive to children this. Well illustrated, original and interesting. A lot of discussion led us to decide that maybe the tooth fairy had had a hand in it all somewhere!