Tooth Fairy in Training by Michelle Robinson illustrated by Briony May Smith

"Of all the teeth!

Of all the kids!

The sharks! The crocs!

The giant squids!

I had to get caught

by Melissa ...

doll collecting

fairy kisser."

Tate is learning the tooth fairy trade from her older sister May. The pair travel all over the world and see teeth from all sorts of creatures in different environments until finally they reach Melissa in her bedroom This could be a disaster - but it's not.

Tate, the titular tooth fairy–in-training, narrates the rhyming text as her big sister, May, teaches her how to retrieve kids’ teeth and leave them coins. Kirkus

Briony’s illustrations are spirited delight, every one of them. Tate is totally adorable and her expressions and body language say even more than the lively rhyming narrative she (and Michelle) provides during the learning journey throughout which her big sister looks on benevolently and comments encouragingly. Red Reading Hub

Bookseller blurb: Think that being a tooth fairy is all about sparkly fairy dust, shiny coins and collecting teeny-tiny teeth from cute, sleeping children? Well, think again. Tate’s big sister May is taking her out on her very first tooth-collecting mission, and it’s going to be a little … well, dangerous. It will involve trekking through the deep, dark jungle, plunging into the murky ocean, and facing the ice of the Arctic. Because it’s not just sweet, slumbering little children that lose their pearly whites, oh no... All kinds of toothy predators lose their gnashers, too! Can Tate collect missing teeth from crocs, sharks and anacondas ... and all without waking up a single creature?

Here is the sequel to Tooth Fairy in Training:

Stories about the tooth fairy are perfect to share with children in Kindergarten or Grade One - here are some I loved to share in my library:

Oliver Sundew Tooth Fairy

It's a Miroocool!

The Tooth Fairy

You might also have this book from a couple of years ago but I would be cautious about reading this one because it does give rise to some slight doubts about the existence of the tooth fairy.

Tooth Fairy

Michelle Robinson is the author of a very funny book called There's a Lion in my Cornflakes.

Click the name Briony May Smith on this post to read about some of her other books: