Children are mesmerized by the subject of loose teeth, and here's a list of books at the First Grade reading level.
**all ratings from GoodReads
(Set B Fluent Guided Readers)
by Alan Trussell-Cullen
Your
library might have this book on it's stacks but I couldn't find much
information about it which is too bad, as it sounds like a cute idea.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 212
Accelerated Reader: 1.0 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 22096
(Step-Into-Reading, Step 2)
by Stephen Krensky
Hideko Takahashi (Illustrator)
3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings
Cute rhymes follow the adventures of this boy with a loose tooth.
I brush. I brush.
I'm in a rush.
Oh, no! My tooth!
My tooth is loose!
He wonders not only about his own teeth, but those of hippos and lions.
Word Count: 171
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.0 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 31601
Lexile: 380L
(New PM Story Books)
by Beverley Randell
Genevieve Rees (Illustrator)
Another obscure book. However, your library may have a copy. If it does, here is the reading information.
Word Count: 197
Page Count: 16
Accelerated Reader: 1.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz:27206
(Scholastic)
by Grace Maccarone
Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
3.56 avg rating — 48 ratings
Waaay
back in 2006 I wrote a review of this book and said: "In this book a
little girl is waiting for her tooth to fall out. It
covers all the usual lore about baby teeth, and then the end actually
discusses the fact that children generally have 20 baby teeth and that
they fall out when their roots shrink, making room for the adult teeth.
So there is a little `science' at the end."
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 31611
Lexile: 410L
(Robin Hill School)
by Margaret McNamara
3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
This
is a story about a boy who wants to loose some teeth. All of his
classmates are losing teeth and he feels a bit left out. (There's even a
classroom chart with a tally of who has lost what.
Word Count: 254
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 79172
Lexile: 320L
by Mary W Olson
Katherine Tillotson (illustrator)
3.71 avg rating — 34 ratings
A
cute and whimsical story. Emma looses her tooth and receives her Tooth
Fairy money and that's great except that Grandpa has stopped by for a
visit and Emma really wants to show Grandpa her tooth.
She
writes the Tooth Fairy and politely asks to borrow it. Her fairy
obliges but brings a hippopotamus too instead! What follows is a series
of mistakes as the fairy brings the teeth of other animals... before
finally finding the correct tooth!
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 45250
(Penguin Young Readers)
by Martin Silverman
Amy Aitken (Illustrations)
3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
Georgie
has a loose tooth, but he's not sure how to pull it out. His friends
offer advice - like tying a string to it - but Georgie doesn't like
their ideas. In the end, his tooth falls out on its own.
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 41864
Lexile: 270L
(Step into Reading)
by Joanna Cole
illustrated by Marylin Hafner
Word Count: 885
Accelerated Reading level: 1.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 7381
Lexile: 260L
by Steve Metzger
Ailie Busby (Illustrator)
The Tooth Fairy travels all around the world leaving surprises for children
who have lost a tooth, but when her own tooth falls out, the Tooth
Fairy wonders who will leave her a special treat.
Word Count: 278
Page Count: 16
Accelerated Reader: 1.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 148426
For books about loosing teeth at the Kindergarten level check out this list.
compiled by Pam
updated March 2014
