Toothiana, Part 1: A Tooth Is Lost

Toothiana #1

by William Joyce

Pitch, the Nightmare King, is back—but so are the Guardians.

And this time, there's a new Guardian in town. Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies, is famous for swiping baby teeth in exchange for coins and other small gifts...but there's a whole lot more to her than that. She's fierce and fast and has the uncanny ability to multiply herself into many tiny selves. (How did you think she got to all those pillows each night?) And all those teeth she's been collecting? They contain memories. The forgotten memories of childhood. Memories invaluable to the Guardians...as well as Pitch.

Genres: Fantasy, Middle Grade, Childrens

59 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

William Joyce does a lot of stuff—films, apps, Olympic curling—but children’s books are his true bailiwick (The Numberlys, The Man in the Moon, Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, Toothiana, and the #1 New York Times bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which is also an Academy Award–winning short film, to name a few). He lives with his family in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Reviews

[SuperHeroQwimm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perhaps they should not have called this first part "A Tooth is Lost" if the tooth isn't lost until the beginning of part 2. Just a thought. Good otherwise though.

[Holly Letson · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just could not get into this at all. I felt like I was being thrust into the middle of something, like I had missed alot of the story....which is weird, since this is #1. I will not be reading this series at all now.

[Lilia Ruth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thoothiana, Part 1: A Tooth is Lost, in which Toothiana is not even mentioned and no tooth is lost. The reader is thrown into the beginning of this book and it seems like there is a lot of missing context for what is going on. It is assumed that the reader already knows the characters and a battle that has happened. This knowledge must be based off of a different book. The perspective of this book also seems to jump around to different characters from paragraph to paragraph, which inhibits the flow of the story. Part 1 ends in a bland way that does not inspire one to continue to further parts.

[Jhone · Rating 5 out of 5]

i loved it i think there should be a movie

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Tooth is Lost is the name of this part, but there's no tooth lost. I have a confuse.

[marissa di vita · Rating 2 out of 5]

nothing on the back of this book actually happened 😃

[Kym · Rating 3 out of 5]

This Guardian of Childhood book introduces us to Toothiana, a queen of flying women and even a flying elephant! This time Pitch kidnaps Katherine is set to turn her into a darkling princess. Can the guardians save her? At the end of the book is a battle and it is hard to tell if it is good vs evil or evil vs evil. It will make a good discussion with kids.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very fun read for young readers. However, no teeth are lost in this volume?