大部份的繪本提到換牙都會把主題放在「牙子仙子」的故事上，但這本書不太一樣，故事中的小女生一大早發現牙齒在搖動了，媽媽告訴她因為她長大了，所以要換牙了，而她心裏也一心想著牙子仙子的禮物，直到她在海邊幫爸爸挖牡蠣時無意間牙齒就掉了，可是她並不難過，因為他從很多動物身上學到了更重要的一點---生命不斷的延續著，她只是一點點小小的損失。非常有意義的故事。現代的父母真應與孩子一起分享這個故事。適合8歲以上兒童閱讀。Most of the newer stories taking about the loose tooth focus on tooth fairy. But in this one, there's no fairy--and no tooth. Sal's loose tooth falls into the mud while she's clamming on the way to Buck's Harbor. The bad news is that she can't find the tooth. The good news is that life goes on, Sal learns about seagulls molting their feathers and she learns how to accept a little loss. She makes a wish and gets an ice cream. In our house, the tooth fairy sometimes got lost. But the kids learned from Sal that little losses are nothing, and life does go on. |
