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Title details for Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee - Available

Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth

by Alison McGhee
Harry Bliss
Audiobook
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The team from Countdown to Kindergarten is back with another irresistible story of childhood fears overcome. This time, advice from a "knowledgeable" second grader has the first grade worry-wart convinced that her new teacher is really a three-hundred-year old alien who steals baby teeth from her students. Which is especially worrisome since she has a secret: her first tooth is loose! A witty, and spot on depiction of first-day-of-school jitters, this clever take on losing a tooth will reassure as it amuses both children, their parents and their teachers!

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  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 7, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781430118435
      • File size: 5449 KB
      • Duration: 00:11:21

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 2.4
    • Lexile® Measure: 510
    • Interest Level: K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty: 1-2

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      First-grade teacher Mrs. Watson is after all the baby teeth she can get. The main character of this story knows--a second-grader told her. Her only choice is to keep her mouth shut to protect her loose tooth. Narrator Rachael Lillis sounds like a girlish first-grader, and the mini-drama also includes fun sound effects. We hear a bus pull up, the eager responses of first-graders, swelling music as the tension builds (will the first-grader open her mouth?), and even an audible tinkle when she loses her tooth. This story, which comes with a humorously illustrated book that children will enjoy, has a broad appeal to young listeners. J.C.G. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 5, 2004
      Having tackled shoelace-tying and new-school jitters, the heroine from Countdown to Kindergarten
      (and Puddy, her cat) is back to start first grade—with a loose tooth. There's just one problem: a second-grader warns her that the first-grade teacher, Mrs. Watson, is a "three-hundred-year-old alien who steals baby teeth from her students." Once again making comical use of spot illustrations and thought balloons intermingled with the main narrative, Bliss conveys palpable fear on the heroine's face, as she looks for her teacher's telltale purple tongue, and shuns the treat box where the woman purportedly "keeps all those baby teeth." Fans will note McGhee's sly references to the first book ("Counting backwards from ten is my specialty! But wait. Keep... mouth... closed," reads the heroine's thought balloon when the teacher asks if anyone knows how), while Bliss fills the book with enough details for parents and kids to pore over (the Drama Club poster announces a production of Marathon Man, "a chilling tale of suspense and toothaches," a Book Fair poster advertises Harry Plotter and the Huge Cavity
      by J.K. Salinger"). A reassuring, humorous ending when the heroine's tooth finally does pop out in Mrs. Watson's classroom reminds readers that they must rely on their own experiences—not the say-so of others. Ages 4-7.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:2.4
  • Lexile® Measure:510
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:1-2

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