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Throw Your Tooth on the Roof
Tooth Traditions from Around the World
By Beeler, Selby B. & Karas, G. Brian
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39589-108-7
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1998
Gr 1-4 This book describes a variety of rituals for the numerous occasions (usually 20) on which a child loses baby teeth. About a half-dozen countries in a broad geographic region are covered on each two-page spread. For each nation, an appealing youngster dressed in native attire provides one- or two-sentence summaries of local tooth customs. Other than in Germany (an alpine lass perfunctorily states, "I don't do anything special with my tooth") or Lithuania ("I k...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
