Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy

First up, the title of this book is a lie. "Arthur Helps the Tooth Fairy," "D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy," or "Arthur Tricks D.W." would all be acceptable, but at no point does Arthur Read ever try to trick the Tooth Fairy.

What he does do is lose a tooth and gets a visit from the Tooth Fairy. His younger sister, D.W., then tries to cash in on the Tooth Fairy concept with a scam of her own that -- based on inflated museum gift shop prices -- may have actually lost her money. And still, in the end, no lesson of any sort is learned.

I've never read many Marc Brown books or watched the Arthur TV show, and this book does little to show me what appeal he has to attract so many fans.

This is a great book! Arthur is a great older brother who helps his younger sister during her tough time. She really wants the tooth fairy to come but her tooth is not ready to come out but she finds away to trick the tooth fairy or does she ?

Contemporary Realistic Fiction – In this story, Arthur gets money from the tooth fairy. Arthur’s sister becomes obsessed with getting money from the tooth fairy like her brother. She hatches a plan to get the money by tricking the tooth fairy. Arthur helps his sister get her wish without telling her.

When my oldest daughter lost her first tooth, I told her about the tooth fairy. I asked her how much money she thought her tooth was worth to the tooth fairy and she said eight dollars. I had to laugh because she did not have any concept of money and what it is used for, and because I was lucky to get a quarter when I was a kid. She got a dollar.

For a classroom activity, I would ask my students if they believe in the tooth fairy, and if show more they have ever gotten money for a tooth. I would also have them draw a picture of the tooth fairy coming into their rooms to get the teeth and leaving money. show less

This story is about Arthur losing a tooth and getting money from the tooth fairy and D.W. gets upset and wants to lose a tooth too. D.W. tries to do different things to lose a tooth such as pulling it using a door and a string. She complains to her mom and then goes to the dentist, only to be told it wasn't loose. Since she finally figured out she couldn't lose a tooth, she decides to trick the tooth fairy because she really wanted a dollar. Arthur plays the tooth fairy and makes her wish come true without D.W. even noticing.

authur is trying to trick the toothfairy into giving him more money for his tooth
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