| Third Grade Baby by Jenny Meyerhoff |
THIRD GRADE BABY by Jenny Meyerhoff
Illustrated by: Jill Weber
Release Date: 9/2/08
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 112
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by: JodiG.
Polly Peterson can’t believe that she hasn’t lost any teeth yet.
She is the only kid in the third grade that still has all of her baby
teeth. If that wasn’t bad enough, Polly is also the shortest kid in
the third grade.
It is only a matter of time before the new boy, Zachary, starts
giving her a hard time and calls her Babyteeth. Polly is
humiliated and does everything she can to help her tooth get
loose and fall out.
Her parents don’t understand. They hardly even know that Polly
is there. Polly’s baby brother, Max, is teething, and he cries
constantly and uses up her parents time.
Once her first tooth does fall out, Polly thinks everything will work
out. She can’t wait for the tooth fairy to come and bring her
something amazing. Something she can brag to her classmates
about. Will it be money? Something better?
Only the tooth fairy doesn’t come that night. Soon, Polly gets
caught up in a huge lie that she told to cover up the fact that the
tooth fairy forgot her.
THIRD GRADE BABY is a great story for any kid who feels that
they just aren’t like all the other kids in school or any kid who is
tempted to exaggerate the truth.
One word of warning to parents…if your kiddo still believes in the
tooth fairy, this may not be the book for them as her existence is
challenged and accepted as false by most of the characters.
Other than that, THIRD GRADE BABY was a fun book for the
whole family to share (a parent, an emerging reader, and a
listener).
Illustrated by: Jill Weber
Release Date: 9/2/08
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 112
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by: JodiG.
Polly Peterson can’t believe that she hasn’t lost any teeth yet.
She is the only kid in the third grade that still has all of her baby
teeth. If that wasn’t bad enough, Polly is also the shortest kid in
the third grade.
It is only a matter of time before the new boy, Zachary, starts
giving her a hard time and calls her Babyteeth. Polly is
humiliated and does everything she can to help her tooth get
loose and fall out.
Her parents don’t understand. They hardly even know that Polly
is there. Polly’s baby brother, Max, is teething, and he cries
constantly and uses up her parents time.
Once her first tooth does fall out, Polly thinks everything will work
out. She can’t wait for the tooth fairy to come and bring her
something amazing. Something she can brag to her classmates
about. Will it be money? Something better?
Only the tooth fairy doesn’t come that night. Soon, Polly gets
caught up in a huge lie that she told to cover up the fact that the
tooth fairy forgot her.
THIRD GRADE BABY is a great story for any kid who feels that
they just aren’t like all the other kids in school or any kid who is
tempted to exaggerate the truth.
One word of warning to parents…if your kiddo still believes in the
tooth fairy, this may not be the book for them as her existence is
challenged and accepted as false by most of the characters.
Other than that, THIRD GRADE BABY was a fun book for the
whole family to share (a parent, an emerging reader, and a
listener).