My Milk Toof: The Adventures of ickle and Lardee
Inhae Lee
Chronicle, 2011
$15.95, Hardcover
March 14th, 2012
Genre:
Humor
Age: 10+
Description:
When Inhae Lee was young she always wondered what happened to her milk teeth
(aka baby teeth). Little did she expect that one day, years later, she’d find
then standing outside her front door ready to move back in with her. These are
the stories of ickle and Lardee’s adventures. In 12 short photographic stories
we follow these two baby teeth on everyday adventures told from their
perspectives.
Opinion:
This book is hilarious and my teens already love it. One day little ickle moves
in with his old owner. He asks a lot of questions, the most important being
“Did you miss me?” Soon Lardee also shows up and at first he’s a bit annoying
but they make friends. We also see the teeth have to take a bath (Lee brushes
them with toothpaste instead of soap), go swimming (and get sunburned), have a
campout (with a tea light fire), cook some cupcakes (make with whole eggs and
orange soda), and more hilarious things. There is also a blog for more of their
adventures if readers can’t get enough of them (http://mymilktoof.blogspot.com/).
Clearly a lot of effort went into making these stories speak for themselves
with minimal text captions—and it works. This is great for all ages and especially
for readers looking for something a little different.
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