Tooth Bandits: A Branches Book (Stella and the Night Sprites #2)

by Sam Hay, Lisa Manuzak (Illustrator)

Overview

The Night Sprites are mischief-making fairy-like creatures that only Stella can see!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Stella has a loose tooth! She hopes her magic glasses will let her meet the Tooth Fairy. But Stella meets Piper, a tooth bandit Night Sprite, instead. Piper rides a glittery scooter and she's sneaky--she swipes the shiny coins the Tooth Fairy leaves behind. Stella has to find a way to keep her own coin safe from Piper! Will she make a magical new friend, too?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545820066
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/29/2016
Series:	Stella and the Night Sprites , #2
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	575,307
Lexile:	560L (what's this?)
File size:	17 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sam Hay has always wanted to be a writer, and growing up in Scotland, she filled endless notebooks with stories and poems. She trained as a journalist and worked in newspapers and for BBC Television before writing her first children's book. Since then she's had more than twenty books published. Sam lives in Wales with her family and pets.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Sleepover SurpriseChapter 2 Sprite LightChapter 3 Purrfect Timing!Chapter Scaredy-CatChapter 5 Tooth TroubleChapter 6 Bells and WhistlesChapter 7 Loose ToothChapter 8 Trade-Off Chapter 9 A Wheelie Good IdeaChapter 10 Sparkle FriendsChapter 11 Scooter ScrambleChapter 12 Pipe Up, Piper! Chapter 13 Stunt-athon Chapter 1 Fairy Dreams

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Branches books:

"These books should be considered for larger libraries wanting to enhance their easy-reader collections." -- School Library Journal

"Plenty of drawings assist readers with plot development." -- School Library Journal

"A nice stepping stone to more advanced chapter books." -- Booklist

"We are absolutely desperate for these books. Thank you for recognizing and addressing [this] monumental gap in the market." -- Andrew Medlar, Youth Materials Specialist, Chicago Public Library

From the Publisher

2016-01-09
Stella and her magic glasses are back in a new adventure about the mischievous little creatures that come out at night. After meeting the Knit-Knotters (2016), Stella's eager to see more of the night sprites, but when a friend loses a tooth at a sleepover, Stella hopes she'll see the Tooth Fairy herself. What she sees, however, is a scooter-riding tooth bandit out to steal her friend's coin from under her pillow and to replace it with a pencil sharpener. Hoping to guard against theft when her own loose tooth falls out, Stella visits the proprietor of the bead store, whose wand invested her glasses with magic in the first place. Now armed with a tiny whistle bead, Stella misses the Tooth Fairy but wakes up in time to meet tooth bandit Piper, who wants Stella's coin to decorate her scooter. Some beads and a glue stick help Stella divert Piper from her coin. Summoning all the bandits with her whistle, Stella ends the depredations of the tooth bandits forever by showing them how to use beads to decorate their scooters. While Stella's adventures have potential, they are dragged down by an excess of exclamation marks, wooden dialogue, and resolutions that come far too easily. The night sprites are developed with such dogged commitment to cuteness that they feel as manipulative and plastic as the pink aisle in a toy store. As substantive and satisfying as cotton candy. (Fantasy. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews