BEAR'S LOOSE TOOTH

Know anyone with a first loose tooth? This is just the recording for that child! Wilson’s familiar Bear is back with a new problem—a loose tooth that doesn’t want to come out. With a team effort, he and his friends find a solution and make the rituals around tooth loss anything but scary. John McDonough is the quintessential Bear for Karma Wilson’s series. His leisurely speed is perfect for the youngest listeners. It welcomes them to anticipate the story’s events, to speak along with the repetitive rhyming phrases, to pore over the illustrations, and to savor the humor. McDonough enunciates each word and sets off each attempt to release the tooth with significant pauses. A.R. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2012]