The Amazing and True Story of Tooth Mouse Prez [Hardcover]

Does every country have a Tooth Fairy? Well, in Spain and other Spanish- speaking countries, it happens to be a Tooth Mouse, and this is his story!

★A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2023★A 2024 USBBY Outstanding International Book★A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of 2024

Long ago, throughout the Spanish-speaking world, the Tooth Mouse brought children their permanent teeth, strong and straight as a mouse’s. Tracing the Tooth Mouse’s beginnings through to his descendants, this book artfully weaves the Tooth Mouse’s changing habits as the world industrializes, with the growing independence of the child, as teeth fall out and the child learns to care for themselves.

It’s also a playful, thought-provoking history of our changing world—as even Tooth Mice and children must adapt their customs when faced with the culture-shifting forces of urbanization, migration, and capitalism...

Just remember, magic can always be recovered, and the real gift in losing baby teeth is growing up!

Ana Cristina Herreros, a philologist and folklore specialist, combines her work as an editor with her day job as a professional storyteller, performing under the name Ana Griott since 1992. In addition to running her own publishing house, Libros de las Malas Compañías, she has written several books about folktales, including The True Story of a Mouse Who Never Asked for It (aNew York TimesBest Children's Book of 2021), which is also illustrated by Violeta Lópiz.

Violeta Lópizis a Spanish illustrator currently living in Peru. She has illustrated numerous books, including three with Enchanted Lion:The Forest(aNew York TimesBest Illustrated Children’s Book of 2018),The True Story of a Mouse Who Never Asked for Il3-