Mabel the Tooth Fairy: And How She Got Her Job

by Katie Davis

Relates how Mabel Becaharuvic's failure to brush or floss her own teeth turned her from an ordinary fairy into the Tooth Fairy.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

40 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Katie Davis is the author/illustrator of over a dozen traditionally published books for children, from picture books to middle grade and young adult novels. They’ve sold over 755,000 copies worldwide, which is why she self-published How to Write a Children's Book and How to Promote Your Children's Book, both #1 Amazon bestsellers.

Because Katie’s secret superpower is her ability to teach writers about writing, tech, and marketing their books, she created digital courses and products for writers such as How to Create Your Author Platform (and Market Your Books without Being Pushy), Video Idiot Boot Camp, and Launch Your Book Blueprint. She’s also co-created the largest and first live online conference of its kind, Picture Book Summit.

Katie’s first podcast Brain Burps About Books is an interview format and focuses more on marketing. Her second podcast is Writing for Children and is bite-sized craft oriented lessons. Katie has been a regular guest on WTNH recommending children’s books and recently appeared on the TEDx stage.

Katie has been honored to speak everywhere from a maximum security prison, to elementary schools, to university level, including UCONN and Yale, and has keynoted conferences and fundraising galas.

Using her now not-so-secret superpower allowed Katie and her husband, Jerry Davis, to take over the 47-year-old Institute of Children’s Literature and its sister school, the Institute for Writers, where, as of this writing, 470,027 people have taken college level writing courses and learned to write for both children and adults.

Reviews

[Cosette]

Kind of gruesome. Ordinarily I appreciate gruesome. I guess I draw the line with teeth. Who knew?

[Danette · Rating 2 out of 5]

5/14/18 Read with Naomi & Julia.

[Shuntia Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is about how the tooth fairy became the tooth fairy. Believe it or not, the tooth fairy actually became the tooth fairy because she had problems with her dental hygiene. I would use this book when explaining the importance of dental hygiene especially on the day when the dentist visits the school.

[Sheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mabel the tooth fairy is a cute story about how she got her job and why she wanted to be a tooth fairy. It is a nice twist on what the tooth fairy does and why. Gives reasons why kids need to brush and floss and go to the dentist or become like Mabel. She befriends a dentist and things start to happen for the best for Mabel.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a silly, but fun book about the tooth fairy. It's a good way to talk about losing baby teeth and the fariytale aspect of the story is entertaining for young children. It's also a good way to talk about the importance of good dental hygiene. Our girls enjoyed this book a lot.

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for kids. My kids were enthralled.

[The Styling Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute idea for a tooth fairy's initial intentions, great for justifying why you should brush your teeth twice daily!

[Mrs. Gabrielle Zastrow's · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mabel is really real. She IS the tooth fairy and now we finally know the WHOLE story about how Mabel became the tooth fairy!!! WE can't wait to lose more teeth so Mabel will come.

[Beverly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really disliked the illustrations; the story was OK.