Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World

What do you do when you lose a tooth? Do you put it under your pillow and wait for the tooth fairy? Not if you live in Botswana! In Botswana kids throw their teeth onto the roof. In Afghanistan they drop their teeth down mouse holes, and in Egypt they fling their teeth at the sun! Travel around the world and discover the surprising things children do when they lose a tooth.

Selby Beeler spent years collecting fascinating traditions from every corner of the globe for this whimsical book, and illustrator G. Brian Karas adds to the fun, filling every page with humor and detail. He perfectly captures the excitement and pride that children experience when a tooth falls out.

Consists of brief statements relating what children from around the world do with a tooth that has fallen out. Includes facts about teeth.