What do you do when you lose a tooth? Delightful descriptions and cheerful art celebrate the surprising things that children do around the world when they lose a tooth. When you lose a tooth, do you put it under your pillow and wait for the tooth fairy? In Botswana, children throw their teeth onto the roof.
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World ...
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World by Selby B. Beeler and illustrated by G. Brian Karas Shout-out to Celeste and Tristan, two of my students who just lost teeth!
From the Tooth Fairy to the Rolling Calf and El Ratón Miguelito—an illustrated look at what kids around the world do when they lose baby teeth. What do you do when you lose a tooth? Do you put it under your pillow and wait for the tooth fairy? Not if you live in Botswana! In Botswana, children throw their teeth onto the roof.
Throw your tooth on the roof : tooth traditions from around the world by Beeler, Selby B Publication date 1998 Topics Teeth -- Juvenile folklore, Tooth loss -- Folklore Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co. Collection printdisabled; bplhoughton; bostonpubliclibrary; americana Contributor Boston Public Library Language English Item Size 123.4M
Throw your tooth on the roof : tooth traditions from around the world ...
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof Written by Selby B. Beeler Houghton Miflin, 1998 ISBN 0-618-15238-5
Support Materials Throw Your Tooth on the Roof Guide for Educators Throw Your Tooth on the Roof's printable guide for educators provides suggestions for activating...