Hercules Doesn't Pull Teeth

The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #30

by Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones, John Steven Gurney (Illustrator)

The Bailey School kids wonder if the new dentist in town, Dr. Herb, who has huge, bulging muscles and wears a shirt that reads, "Champion of the World," is really the Greek god, Hercules. Original.

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade, Fiction, Mythology, Fantasy, Chapter Books, Paranormal

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

About the author

Debbie Dadey is the author and co-author of 162 books for children, including the Mermaid Tales series from Simon and Schuster and the beloved Adventures of The Bailey School Kids from Scholastic. Ms. Dadey is a former teacher and librarian. Please like her at Facebook.com/debbiedadey.

Reviews

[paige turner ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

The same old, same old. They think this time the dentist is the mythical Hercules, even though he's a dentist who I think wants to be the world's strongest man. The kids think he's there for bad reasons, so they try to make him leave, and Howie ends up doing so by telling him since he's so strong he can make the Leaning Tower straight, and he can fill in the Grand Canyon and so on, and then he mysteriously gets a new job in Italy.

At least you kind of learn a thing or two about Greek Mythology. Or at least it can put it in your head to want to find out more about it.

I had some laughs with it. Some of the things these kids say are pretty funny.

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I decided to revisit one of my favorite series as a kid (The Bailey School Kids) after listening to the kid-lit throwback podcast, SSR Podcast that talks about it one episode. This was the only book in the series that the New York Public Library had available, but the concept still had the magic it did as a kid. It's a quick, silly story that I think kids today would still enjoy. It's a great first chapter book.

Five stars as I loved it that much as a kid, even though it's not the most exciting reread as an adult.

[Damsel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun and enjoyable book!

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved The Bailey School Kids series as a kid, so it’s fun revisiting these books. Short and sweet but also fun! Would definitely recommend for middle readers.

[Josh Epp · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars!

Hercules! Love it. That’s all, if Hercules could be my dentist…heaven! Let me meet the Olympian gods & goddesses! Such a fun story!

[BookeryBliss · Rating 3 out of 5]

The collection of "The adventures of the Bailey School Kids" stories are among my all-time favorite children's books. Witty, mischievous and fun, these short and silly books continue to bring giggles to the young and old. Just as I have enjoyed them as a kid, my own children also love them today. I even catch myself re-reading them (alone) from time to time. What can I say? I guess I'll always be a BSK kid at heart.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Bailey School Kids is a best-selling children's book series by Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey. Its main characters are a group of four children (Eddie, Howie, Liza, Melody) who suspect some persons in the stories are popular folk lore or fairy tale characters. They are appealing because they mix a familiar story in with this group of kids. Mid-grammar school

[Molly]

A silly series that creates more questions than it answers. It's great for formulating theories as well as predictions. The class dynamics should be very familiar to those of the Magic School Bus generation.

[Jerome Otte · Rating 3 out of 5]

A new dentist opens up shop in Bailey City. A muscular dentist suspected of being Hercules. Witty and fun, although it creates more puzzles than it answers. As usual, the suspect’s identity is left open-ended.

Interesting but too mysterious.

[Youtube (SERPERIORREADS) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would like to say lol I'm doing a review after months ago. What I remember as good as possible is I liked cuz it's a book who u can enjoy and make fun if u are scared of dentist and go there.

It's a story about a Greek God called Hercules who is a dentist.

3.5

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

great when ur little

[Becca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used to read this series a lot when I was in elementary school.

[Logan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read these all in while I was in middle school and loved them, giving them a 3.5-4.0 for my past 12 year old self.

[Micaela Semien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

[Seth · Rating 2 out of 5]

they got a new dentist. his name was Dr. Herb. Dr. Herb was strong. they thought that Dr. Herb was Hercules. They spied on Dr. Herb.

[Aubrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

These books are just as great as I remember them. I love the Bailey Schoold Kids.

[Hassan]

I don't know I have not read it

[Ashley Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

There's a new dentist in town, but there are some crazy similarities between this dentist and Greek Mythology. The Bailey School Kids take us on their journey of trying to uncover the truth about who this guy really is.

[Jess 🦋]

Who lets their third grade child go to the dentist alone ! Bad parenting 101