Heidi Heckelbeck Says "Cheese!"

Heidi Heckelbeck #14

by Wanda Coven, Priscilla Burris (Illustrations)

Heidi Heckelbeck is a little witch with a big she’s missing her front tooth! Can she fill the gap with some magic in time for class picture day?

Heidi Heckelbeck has a loose front tooth, and class picture day is just around the corner. Despite being as careful as can be, Heidi loses the tooth—and ends up with a big hole in her smile! Can she use her Book of Spells to create a new tooth? Or will she have to learn to love her new look?

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, 2nd Grade, Chapter Books

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 21, 2015

Reviews

[Cadee · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I like the part when Heidi Heckelbeck has a loose tooth. She wears it around her neck when it falls out, in a tooth necklace. I've never had one of those. The mean girls brags a lot. On picture day she brags about her dress and shakes her butt at the others when she walks away. That's disgusting." -Cadee, age 8

[Amelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think that Heidi really learns a lesson. At first, Heidi doesn't want to lose her tooth because she doesn't want to have a hole in her mouth for picture day. But when she does lose her tooth, she is mad. Then she goes up to her room and pulls out her book of spells. She wants to cast a spell to put her tooth back in when her dad comes into her room to see what she's doing. Her dad pulls out a book and shows her pictures of him with missing teeth. He says how cute he was and that Heidi would look cute like that too. She realizes that her dad is right.

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The last line on page 35 reminds me of the Dad across the street who was like a second Dad to me growing up.

[Jen Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter loves this series!

[OnceUponALibrarian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Filled with all the stereotypical portrayals of girls that I hope we can discard someday--gossip, laughing at how others look, a mean girl who they hate and call names, concern and anxiety about how she looks, looking good for her school picture, excitement and interest in what outfit she and others are wearing. BORING. Come on, girls can be much more interesting, brave, caring and unique, but we train them early on to have these shallow qualities and tear each other down. Maybe I picked up the wrong Heidi Hecklebeck book to read?

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heidi Heckelbeck is a little witch with a big problem: she’s missing her front tooth! Can she fill the gap with some magic in time for class picture day?

Heidi Heckelbeck has a loose front tooth, and class picture day is just around the corner. Despite being as careful as can be, Heidi loses the tooth—and ends up with a big hole in her smile! Can she use her Book of Spells to create a new tooth? Or will she have to learn to love her new look?

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Heidi Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for beginning readers. (less)

[Kaytee · Rating 5 out of 5]

heidis tooth is getting really loose she dose not want a gap in hre mouth then it falles out she uses her book of spells and she grabbes her ingredients but dad walks in and see what she is up too then it was picture day do you think that her picture will turn out great well read the book to know

[Marya · Rating 3 out of 5]

A perfectly serviceable entry in the series, my little one was quick to point out that FINALLY, Heidi can't/doesn't use witchcraft to solve her problem in this one (that attempt gets nipped in the bud). Still no news on the Principal Pennypacker story arc, though.

[Kelly Carey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was a little disappointed in this book, because Heidi does not actually cast any spells. Maybe she is learning that magic does not solve everything.