Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy

by Marc Brown

D.W. is jealous when her big brother Arthur loses a tooth and gets a visit from the Tooth Fairy.  Arthur explains that the Tooth Fairy comes only when you lose a tooth and put it under your pillow at night, so D.W. dreams up some hysterical (but unsuccessful) plans to trick her into coming.  Finally, Arthur decides to reward D.W.'s efforts by playing Tooth Fairy himself!  By matching picture stickers to words in the story, kids reinforce word recognition.  With the extra stickers, they can create stories of their own.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, 2nd Grade, Fiction, Kids

24 pages, Paperback

First published February 3, 1998

About the author

Marc Tolon Brown is perhaps best known for his series of children's books about Arthur the aardvark, which was turned into an animated television show on PBS. Brown is a three-time Emmy Award winner, for his role on the television show inspired by his books.

He lives on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City with his wife, Laurie Krasny Brown. He has three children, sons Tolon and Tucker, and daughter Eliza. The names of his two sons have been hidden in all of the Arthur books except for one: Arthur's Tooth.

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

First up, the title of this book is a lie. "Arthur Helps the Tooth Fairy," "D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy," or "Arthur Tricks D.W." would all be acceptable, but at no point does Arthur Read ever try to trick the Tooth Fairy.

What he does do is lose a tooth and gets a visit from the Tooth Fairy. His younger sister, D.W., then tries to cash in on the Tooth Fairy concept with a scam of her own that -- based on inflated museum gift shop prices -- may have actually lost her money. And still, in the end, no lesson of any sort is learned.

I've never read many Marc Brown books or watched the Arthur TV show, and this book does little to show me what appeal he has to attract so many fans.

[Billie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's really a quick read for me.

[Courtney]

My children love these little books. They thoroughly enjoy each and every story, as if they are all unique and individual without any cause for similarity among them. Even though sometimes, they might seem tedious and repetitive to me as a parent, I do enjoy being able to read short-stories to my children that are clean and respective.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another mistitled Arthur book. I'd prefer to call this one D. W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy...

[Good · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the best book on loosing teeth and the tooth fairy—it may give some children the wrong idea to pull out teeth and get hurt, but does demonstrate a loving brother.

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute but this wasn't about Arthur tricking the Tooth Fairy.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prose: Modern Fantasy
D.W. is jealous that her older brother is getting money from the tooth fairy. She tries to pull out her own tooth, but she is much too young to be losing teeth. She plots a different way of getting money from the tooth fairy.

[Jasmine Bowman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arthur loses a tooth, and gets a dollar from the tooth fairy. D.W. then becomes interested in having the tooth fairy visit her, so she buys a shark tooth to put under her pillow, and trick the tooth fairy into giving her a dollar. Arthur takes the tooth while she is sleeping, and leaves her a dollar. The next night he tries to trick the tooth fairy with the shark tooth... will his plan be successful?

For an activity that coincides with this story, I would have students write what they think will happen the night that Arthur is sleeping with the tooth under his pillow. They will answer the following questions: will the tooth fairy visit him? Why or why not?

[Rochelle Sondae · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this book should be entitled, “D.W. tricks the Tooth Fairy” since it is really Arthur’s little sister that accomplishes the ruse. I like the two pages of stickers that come with the book. One page is to be used with this book and the other is to be used to create your own story based on the stickers provided. I had a really hard time finding all 3 hidden tooth fairies. The first two were fairly easy but that last one! I had to go through the book 4 times before I finally found it.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

A cute enough beginning reader book. I am not a huge Arthur fan, but this was all right. Arthur received a dollar from the Tooth Fairy. D.W. was jealous. She she wanted the Tooth Fairy to leave her money, but she was too young. She eventually gets the idea that if she leaves a shark tooth beneath her pillow, the Tooth Fairy will be fooled. Arthur helps out in making D.W. happy.

[Lauren Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy is a misleading title because it is actually his sister who tricks the tooth fairy. It is a good book about the tooth fairy. The ending doesn't sit well with me because D.W. believes that she got away with it, but overall a cute book.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

DW is jealous that Arthur got money from the tooth fairy. So she decides that she is going to pull one of her teeth and get money. She's not quite old enough yet but she doesn't think so. But with Arthur as a brother and wanting his sister to be happy he helps her out.

[Netanella · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great follow up to The Tooth Book by Dr. Suess, this book helped introduce the Tooth Fairy to my little one. Now she's ready to lose her baby teeth, just like D.W!

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would've given it 4 stars, but the title bothers me....it should have been "D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy." :)

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good

[Laura Rooney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the book, but still very funny and relatable for readers with siblings. Very interactive with the stickers and being able to add to the illustrations.

[Sheila · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun Arthur story that would be enjoyed by any child who is losing any teeth.