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Published on Sunday, May 02, 2010
The reputation of vermin has been somewhat redeemed lately, with movies like Ratatouille. So why would we be concerned to learn that when children put their just-lost teeth under their pillows, a mouse comes to fetch them? In Spanish-speaking countries, anyway.
That's the story in The Tooth Fairy Meets El Raton Perez, a charming multicultural storybook by El Salvador-born author Rene Colato Lainez, with glowing illustrations by Stow native Tom Lintern. It tells of Miguelito, a Mexican-American boy who sleeps peacefully through a squabble between the Tooth Fairy and El Raton Perez, each of whom has received the secret signal that a tooth is waiting to be collected.
Children will learn what the Tooth Fairy does with the teeth she gathers, and that Perez has a very different intent. The pictures show Perez as a debonair fellow in a waistcoat and breeches; the Spanish words he uses (el diente: the tooth) will be easy to understand through the context of the story, but there is a glossary in the back of the book.
The Tooth Fairy Meets El Raton Perez (32 pages, hardcover) costs $15.99 from Tricycle Press, a division of Random House. Tom Lintern now lives in New York City.
Children's books
teach diversity
Akron resident Vanita Oelschlager has her own series of children's books, most with a lesson about values or diversity.
Postcards from a War brings Matthew, a present-day boy, to his grandfather's house after school every day until his father picks him up after work; Matthew's mother is serving in the Air Force, and he is worried. Grandpa tells Matthew about his own father, who served in World War II, and together they go through old letters sent to Grandpa and his family, emphasizing the value of communication.
Bonyo Bonyo: The True Story of a Brave Boy from Kenya tells of how the Akron doctor left his home to study at an American medical school, later establishing a clinic in his Kenyan village. A Tale of Two Daddies is the rhyming question-and-answer of a boy who is curious about the logistics of his friend's same-sex household. The girl explains happily that her needs are met, and is unconcerned about any other issues.
Bonyo Bonyo and Two Daddies, each 42 pages with a card-stock cover, are illustrated by Kristin Blackwood of Lakewood and Mike Blanc of Doylestown; Postcards (40 pages), is illustrated by Blanc, using letters and postcards sent by Oelschlager's father, Wilfred Bauknight, a major in the Army Corps of Engineers. Each book costs $8.95 from online retailers; net profits are donated to charity.
Events
Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Legacy Village, Lyndhurst) — Cincinnati author Leah Stewart signs Husband and Wife: A Novel, about a woman who learns of her husband's infidelity, 7 p.m. Tuesday; child-care experts Dr. Arthur Lavin and Susan Glaser sign Who's the Boss? Moving Families from Conflict to Collaboration, which is in its second edition, 7 p.m. Wednesday; ESPN radio personalities Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic sign Mike and Mike's Rules for Sports and Life at 6 p.m. Thursday (line tickets are required).
Learned Owl Book Shop (204 N. Main St., Hudson) — Jerry Gabriel signs Drowned Boy, his collection of short stories, and novelist Pat Somerville signs The Cradle, at 7 p.m. Friday; Nancy Rossman signs First Love, Last Dance, the story of her mother's marriage at age 75 to a man from her youth, 1 p.m. Saturday.
National First Ladies' Library (205 Market Ave. S., Canton) — Annette Dunlap signs Frank, a biography of Frances Folsom Cleveland, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Weathervane Community Playhouse (1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron) — Former Canton resident and Jackson High School alumna Amie Miller reads from and signs She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood. Continental breakfast will be served. 10 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday.
Ohioana and State Library of Ohio (274 E. First Ave., Columbus) — The Ohioana Book Festival features more than 75 authors, including Joyce Dyer (Goosetown: Reconstructing an Akron Neighborhood) and David Giffels (All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House). 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Visit http://ohioanabookfestival.org for the schedule.
— Barbara McIntyre
Special to the Beacon Journal
Send information about books of local interest to Lynne Sherwin, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309 or lsherwin@thebeaconjournal.com. Event notices should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
The reputation of vermin has been somewhat redeemed lately, with movies like Ratatouille. So why would we be concerned to learn that when children put their just-lost teeth under their pillows, a mouse comes to fetch them? In Spanish-speaking countries, anyway.
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