Gilbert’s so excited when his tooth finally falls out, he can hardly wait to put it under his pillow for the Tooth Fairy. But before he even leaves the playground, Gilbert’s tooth drops out of his pocket! No matter how hard he looks, he can’t find it anywhere. Little does Gilbert know that the class bully, Lewis, took the tooth to put under his own pillow. What Lewis doesn’t realize, though, is the Tooth Fairy is armed with a Tooth Detector that finds not just a lost tooth, but the truth.

With gentle, humorous text and expressive illustrations, Diane deGroat perfectly captures the hopes and anxieties of children. Those who are just learning to read on their own will identify with Gilbert’s plight and will find in this story a worthwhile message that the truth always comes out in the end.