The Amazing and True Story of Tooth Mouse Pérez

Does every country have a Tooth Fairy?

Well, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries, it happens to be a Tooth Mouse, and this is his story!

• A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2023 
• A 2024 USBBY Outstanding International Book 
• A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of 2024 

Long ago, throughout the Spanish-speaking world, the Tooth Mouse brought children their permanent teeth, strong and straight as a mouse's. Tracing the Tooth Mouse's beginnings through to his descendants, this book artfully weaves the Tooth Mouse's changing habits as the world industrializes, with the growing independence of the child, as teeth fall out and the child learns to care for themselves.

It explores the Spanish tradition of Ratón Pérez (Tooth Mouse Pérez) rather than the Tooth Fairy, tracing how the mouse and human customs changed alongside industrialization, migration, and urbanization.

A playful, thought-provoking history of our changing world—as even Tooth Mice and children must adapt their customs to the changing world.