Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374309190
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Physical Description:
print
regular print
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm - Edition: First Farrar Straus Giroux edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in Texas by The English Schoolhouse in 2016. |
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Subject: | Tooth Fairy (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction Business enterprises -- Juvenile fiction African Americans -- Juvenile fiction |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Creston Public Library | E PIZ (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140100055899 | Junior Picture Books | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-04-09 |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 October #1
*Starred Review* Tallulah (Tooth Fairy, CEO) is Fashion-Week chic. Dressed from head to toe in stylish clothesâoften with a subtle tooth pattern or accessoryâthis high-fashion, thoroughly modern Black woman will win the admiration of all young readers. When Tallulah is not meeting with her therapist or doing her self-care routine of yoga, Pilates, reading, and visiting art galleries, she is busy with her tooth fairy enterprise. She runs a full operation with employees to superviseâyes, there is more than one tooth fairy! Tallulah resembles a fabulous friend or aunt who blends into everyday lifeâno wings, she just dons a pair of night-vision goggles for her nightly tooth-collecting missions. The author does a fantastic job of crafting an engaging and believable story for children who want to know about the tooth fairy. The illustrations cleverly inject pop-art references and switch between vibrant, saturated colors for Tallulah's daytime activities and a plum-colored palette for her secret nighttime missions. When she encounters a snag in her usual tooth-retrieval routine, her thoughtful solution will only make readers love her more. This is a must-have for all collections. Children and adults alike will fall in love with this hilarious picture book. Grades K-3. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2019 May #1
A tooth-fairy mogul wrote the manual, but even the expert can be caught off guard. Tallulah, CEO of Teeth Titans Inc., gives readers a sneak peek into her glamorous life. The wry narrative mimics the tone of many an inspirational biography, informing readers that Tallulah works hard to strike "a healthy balance between the three Ps: passion, purpose, and what pays." From yoga to museum visits, Tallulah seems to have a full schedule, but she still makes time to hire and train tooth fairies for the entire world. Expert Tallulah has all the answersâor so she thinks until the night she gets a surprise from a little boy. Ballard has lost his toothâliterallyâand leaves an explanatory note under his pillow in place of the missing item. This triggers an emergency board meeting that features remarkably realistic dialogue. Tom, a white man and the only board member who is not a woman of color, wears an #AllFairiesMatter T-shirt; his off-topic complaint about the lack of diversity makes an opening for important conversations with young readers. Tallu lah is black and sports a voluminous purple Afro; Tom is the sole white character. Details in both Pizzoli's text (Tallulah's also the founder of the National Association for the Appreciation and Care of Primary Teeth, or NAACP-T) and Fabiani's matte illustrations (a series of enormous, Warhol-like prints of Tallulah adorns her walls) will set adult readers chuckling. Funny and provocative. (Picture book. 6-10) Copyright Kirkus 2019 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2019 May #3
Giving the tooth fairy tongue-in-cheek professional legitimacy, Pizzoli (who has published numerous African folktales with her boutique company, The English Schoolhouse) offers a modish tale about Tallulah, founder and CEO of Teeth Titans Inc., for whom "looking after children's pearly whites" is more than just a jobâ"it is her career." Sporting a purple-hued Afro and jewelry fashioned from teeth, the posh business mogul wisely balances her time: various mornings are spent chatting with her therapist, visiting teeth-centric museum exhibits, and practicing yoga, while afternoons are reserved for recruiting and training tooth-fairy employees. These sophisticated pastimes are less kid than adult targeted, until Tallulah, wearing night-vision glasses, begins her tooth-collecting rounds. What does the entrepreneur do when she hits an unprecedented snag in the form of a boy who has lost his lost tooth? She calls an emergency meeting with her tooth fairy board of directors, of course. Building on the narrative's playful satire, Fabiani's stylized matte cartoons incorporate some quirky flourishes: Tallulah entertains a tooth fairyâin-training at a North Pole lounge, where an elf tends bar. A fun flight of fancy featuring an engagingly eccentric heroine. Ages 4â8. (July)
Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2019 July
Copyright 2019 School Library Journal.K-Gr 2â Tallulah isn't your normal tooth fairy; she's the CEO of all the tooth fairies! With her cool hand at the helm of her organization, everything runs smoothly until a child loses a tooth meant for retrieval, and Tallulah must find a solution. The first half focuses on her jet-setting persona and her weekly routine, which includes going to art museums and getting drinks with Mrs. Claus, while the second half reads more like a traditional picture book. While it's refreshing to see a woman of color not only represented as a classic fantasy figure, as they are often depicted exclusively as white, but also as a successful businesswoman and entrepreneur, arguably the text could have focused more on the plot and less on establishing the character. Still, parents will smirk at the gentle jabs to corporate culture that the book references. Illustrations are smooth and give a sleek modern feel to the piece, with images of teeth hidden throughout.VERDICT A fun, solid addition to contemporary fairy tale collections.âPeter Blenski, Hartland Public Library, WI