The Toothless Fairy

This is a cute book for children, especially at Halloween. Loved the illustrations and the words trip off the tongue. A fun read.

I'm sorry. I know this book is supposed to teach about friendship and being different and all that, but I found it kind of creepy that the fairy stole into a child's bedroom to play with her. Also, the reason she was toothless was because she liked candy? What kid doesn't like candy? Are we trying to scare kids into not eating candy?

The Toothless Tooth Fairy by Timothy Jordan is a very cute children’s book. It deals with issues of friendship, self-esteem, healthy habits, and learning to accept your shortcomings. The Tooth Fairy has only one tooth and perceives herself as different and ugly. She has a weakness for candy which is how she lost her teeth. She wants to have friends and play with them but is sure no one would accept her because “when she looked in the mirror all she saw was scary”. She would fly around and watch children and wish she could join their play. Then comes Halloween and she thinks maybe she can fit in. No spoilers here, you will have to read the book to see what happens. The book is written in rhyming text in the third person expressing what the fairy feels. The rhyming text is very engaging. I think this book will appeal to a variety of ages from pre-school to mid-grade schooners. The book would need to be read to the younger children but they could participate in great discussions of how to be a friend and the importance of limiting sweets and brushing teeth. Older children will be able to read this on their own but I believe it would be useful to initiating discussions with children regarding their feelings about the story and how they would treat the fairy. It would be a great book to use in a classroom. This book is a solid 5 out of 5 stars for the message it portrays and opportunities to have open discussion with children.
I received an advance copy of this book, through Net Galley, in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

I know this book will be an absolute hit in my Media Center! The story will be appealing to all children who have ever experienced a time of loneliness or of not quite fitting in.. At the same time, it undoubtedly will appeal to the funny side of all readers. The illustrations are creative and unique and enhances the story and its message.
A great read!

While I think an intended message may have gotten a bit muddled overall it's a very cute book. My daughter enjoyed it and she is picky.

This was a beautiful little book, the images are some of the best that I have seen for a long while in a children's book. The story is great, its written very well and flows well too so its easy to follow - 5 stars

This story centers around a fairy who loves to play, but is afraid to approach people because she thinks she is ugly. However, on Halloween night, she finally gains the courage to make a new friend.

This is a great story about friendship and sharing with unique and colorful illustrations. The rhyming verses are also very catchy and well put together. The story was originally developed to help parents control their own little monsters' appetites for candy, and will be useful in developing a transition toward "exchanging" some of their candy for a gift that won't rot their teeth.

The toothless fairy is a wonderfully illustrated children's book with some good messages. Using Hallowe'en as a backdrop, the toothless fairy goes out looking for friends. She is lonely and thinks she will scare anyone that she tries to be friends with because she thinks having no theeth makes her ugly. On Hallowe'en, the children do not seem to be afraid of scary things, so she makes her move. When she approaches a little girl in her room at night, the girl is not frightened. She offers a gift, a clarinet, in exchange for candy. They play and have fun. They decide to make this a Hallowe'en tradition. Messages about loneliness, making friends, not judging by appearance, and of course that too much candy is not good for you are all there. The illustrations are amazing. The fairy is actually fun to look at and the colours in the pictures are vibrant and eye catching. A great book for family, classroom, school and public libraries.

Review: THE TOOTHLESS FAIRY

As sad as being friendless is, much sadder is being so due to one's own perceptions of inferiority or worthlessness. Such is the case of the Toothless Fairy, whose sweet tooth overruled her common sense. She considers herself ugly, so won't attempt to make friends. Until one Halloween' s trick-or-treating, when she is suddenly inspired with a good idea.....

This endearing fable packs several important lessons and youngsters will surely delight.

A very cute book to show children how different everyone is and to not feel so odd. A delight to read

I'm glad I persisted with this (file on netgalley impossible to see half the page, words running together to fit on a 7" Kindle Fire) – it's really quite good fun. The rhyming narrative is really enjoyable with a bouncy rhythm for playing and reading with the very young, and when they're old enough to see the moral of looking past exterior looks to connect with people, they'll be engaged again. The artwork is spot on as well. If it wasn't just concerning Halloween and other American commercial ideas it would be a five star effort.

The illustrations for this book are stellar! The story itself has rhyming lines that read as smooth as glass. The story has a message about finding where you fit best and using that knowledge to make friends. It also warns of the horrible consequences of eating too many sweets! Dentists will love this book, and every dental office should have one in their waiting room. I would also reccomend this title as a Halloween gift for children. I loved and adored it!

The Toothless Fairy is a magical, funny tale about a lonely, toothless, sweets-addicted fairy who discovers the answers to all her problems on one fateful Halloween night.

This delightful rhyming book will thrill children of all ages with its whimsical, vibrant illustrations and the galloping pace of its prose. And if parents are lucky, they just might be able to incorporate the ending into their own Halloween traditions. ;)

I recommend this book, 5/5 stars.

I received a copy of this title from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I liked that this book was something different. And I also liked that it tackled a subject that I have not yet seen tackled before. While some would argue that parents’ struggles with their children’s intake of candy after Halloween, is not as important an issue as others, I will argue that with the rise in child obesity, this is an excellent book to be putting out on the market.

While the book’s lesson mainly focuses on Halloween and what it is about (friendship, and celebrating those who have passed, rather than just candy), it contains lessons which can also be applicable to candy-intake on any other day of the year.

The toothless fairy is toothless, a side-effect of her excessive eating of candy. She is also friendless for the first portion of the book. Once she discovers that there are things which are more important than candy, however, things start looking up for her.

I enjoyed the illustrations in this book, and I think that children would appreciate them too, and the wording was concise. There were not too many words on each page, as well as not to few, and the rhyming went well with the story’s theme, while also adding rhythm (whether read silently as I did, or read out loud).

When (not if) I will have to talk to my kids about their Halloween candy and the consequences involved in eating too much of it, I will most certainly consider using this book, in hopes that they will learn from the toothless fairy’s mistakes, and keep their teeth, as well as their social lives, healthy.

I recommend this book to parents, as well as adults who may believe that they have a candy-eating problem, or have lost sight of the more important things in life.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The opinions in this review are my own. I found this to be Avery cute and original children's book. Timothy Jordan has presented a different spin on why the tooth fairy exists. The illustrations were very cute and well chosen to go with the story. I would recommend this book to other readers.

The toothless fairy wants friends, but she has none. Luckily, Halloween provides the coverage for her to make a friend, which she continues to visit every year. Children will love the fact that friendship overlooks the outside appearance of their peers, and that making friends is the utmost importance over all.

The Toothless Fairy was not quite what I was expecting when I chose to review this book. I do love the illustrations! The Toothless Fairy is a fairy with one tooth and she thinks that she is too scary to have any friends, so she spends her time alone. She loves candy so she decides to come out on Halloween when candy and being scary are the norm. She ends up making a friend and promises to meet with her every year.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

Very cute book that we will be adding to our library. My girls enjoyed it very much

Liked the characters and the story flow. Great illistrations. Good read. Given copy by NetGalley for honest review.

Great way to teach a lesson to kids about things they face in the real world. It's cute, well written and fun.

A very cute story. My children really loved the pictures.

This books is about a fairy without teeth as a result of all the sweets she has eaten. She wants to befriend kids but is afraid they would be scared of her appearance, so she hides. But one Halloween she sees kids dressed as monsters and unafraid, so she decides to try!
The book is richly illustrated and the story is written as a rhyme.

This is a fun read for young kids, who can take two morals from the story:
one, don't eat lots of sweets as they can ruin your teeth (and your health)
is nice to honor traditions and the ones who passed away on halloween, not only to go "treating or tricking"
no one is truly ugly if there is beauty inside
to accept diversity

The rhyming verse was really cute and fun to read. I think the little ones would love it and giggle through it. The illustrations were also well done and colorful. I was a little disappointed that even though the fairy has a friends she still just gets to play once a year on Halloween night. Still left me feeling sad for her. And she was kind of cute!

A brilliant Halloween read aloud! It is a story about a very ugly and lonely, single-toothed fairy. A multi-themed book with some lovely colorful illustrations, and a heart warming message about friendship! The themes,text composed of beautiful lyrical descriptions and humorous illustrations together produces an awe-inspiring effect that is capable of grasping kids from the very beginning.

The lonely fairy is too reluctant to find friends because she knows that she looks 'ugly & scary'. Adding to that scariness is her single toothed smile - as it goes the fairy is too fond of sweets and her greed left her with a single tooth! She longingly watches the children playing in the park. As the time passes and the leaves turn to brown, kids everywhere start getting ready for the Halloween. The children parade along on Halloween eve in their costumes, carrying baskets of treats, laughing and joking. Meanwhile our grotesque little fairy watches them from her hidden spot. But after the fun, when all is silent, the fairy remains thinking .....
"So what was it for, this Halloween night,
if not about candy, or having a fright?
Tradition and honoring those who have passed,
and friendship and mischief and having a blast."

Reluctantly though, the fairy decides it`s time to find a friend and have fun, She enters into a little girl`s room deep in the night, lights up her magic wand and offer her a brand new clarinet , the fun begins as they dance and play together.
"Together they played and danced and waltz,
skipped rope with the licorice and juggled the malts.
The girl offered taffy - and boy,was it yummy -"
Till dawn they have fun,finally when the little girl falls asleep the ugly fairy leaves, satisfied and with a signed promise of returning back next year.

This beautiful lyrical flow ends with another lovely verse written from a child`s point of view - in colorful childish handwriting which is the scribbled note - the fairy snuggles into the sleeping girl`s coat as she takes her leave.. Its eye catching Halloween parades, a 'super ugly' fairy and the rhyming verses will all ensure that the kids will return to this, again and again,long after Halloween.
The book has been named a 2015 INDIEFAB Book of The Year Finalist and 2016 Benjamin Franklin Awards Finalist.

Such an adorable story! My 3 year old twin boys loved it, even though it dealt a little bit with a fairy...haha. It was cute, and being that it is close to Halloween, and they're excited about getting costumes, they enjoyed it even more! I definitely recommend parents getting this book for their children's library! It's a cute story, and it has a good message dealing with being different, and loving yourself! This book is a five out of five stars for me!

The Toothless Fairy is a thought provoking and different story for young children who, as we know, are all accustomed to seeing beautiful ethereal images of fairies. With rhyming text and colourful images, this quite ugly, toothless fairy has a message for children that they should look beyond the outer appearance for true friendship. Its whats inside that counts.
In essence, the toothless fairy, which a penchant for sweets looked in the mirror and saw her ugliness as an obstacle to making friends. However, when Halloween arrives and she sees it is possible to disguise yourself and make friends on this particular night, she overcomes her fears and takes a leap of faith to discover that there is a friend out there for her. The small group of reception children I read this with absolutely loved it and we had some serious discussion about what makes a good friend. Lovely!

The Toothless Fairy by Timothy Jordan is a cute book for kids about a lonely fairy that wants a friend and her looks scare kids. She finds she fits in on Halloween. It was adorable illustrations showing how "creepy" she is and how she makes friends in the end. Weird but cute. LOL. Thanks NetGalley for suggesting this book.

The Toothless Fairy is a thought provoking and different story for young children who, as we know, are all accustomed to seeing beautiful ethereal images of fairies. With rhyming text and colourful images, this quite ugly, toothless fairy has a message for children that they should look beyond the outer appearance for true friendship. Its whats inside that counts.
In essence, the toothless fairy, which a penchant for sweets looked in the mirror and saw her ugliness as an obstacle to making friends. However, when Halloween arrives and she sees it is possible to disguise yourself and make friends on this particular night, she overcomes her fears and takes a leap of faith to discover that there is a friend out there for her. The small group of reception children I read this with absolutely loved it and we had some serious discussion about what makes a good friend. Lovely!

I thought this story was really sweet. A fairy doesn't think she can make friends, but when Halloween comes, she finally makes a friend. The illustrations were fun, and went great with the story. I liked the sing-song, rhyming in the story. It would make this book perfect for story time. This will not only be a great story to read at Halloween, but would be great for anytime a story is needed. I am sure children everywhere will love this, and the parents will love reading it to them or with them.

Cute book. Thought it had the dynamics of a children's book. Also might use it to get rid of some of the extra Halloween candy we get each year. Loved that looks were bypassed and a friendship was made. My son also liked the fairy, Halloween, gift giving, and rhyming verses within the book. While, it was not my favorite children's book, it was one I would definitely read again, so in my opinion that deserves a 5.

This book was really cute. The story itself was alright, but the illustrations were quite fun. This would be a great book to read to a younger relative; would recommend.