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    The Crocodile and the Dentist
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    The Crocodile and the Dentist
    Ebook22 pages3 minutes

    The Crocodile and the Dentist

    By Taro Gomi

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    About this ebook

    Author-illustrator Taro Gomi has sold over one million books to date!

    Anyone who has ever dreaded a visit to the dentist's office will appreciate this quirky and comical, one-of-a-kind picture book by best-selling Japanese author-illustrator Taro Gomi. Gomi humorously sheds light on the universal fear of dentists with playful and charming characters, uniquely illustrated to help children (and some adults) face their fears of going to the dentist's office. Gomi's humorous tale shows fear from both the dentist and patient's angles, providing a fresh perspective on fear and evoking empathy in the reader. Patients of all ages will come away from the book with a new take on what it means to see the dentist, and possibly learn some coping skills along the way.

    • Light-hearted illustrations add humor
    • Encourages empathy and emotional intelligence
    • Children and adults learn to face their own fears

    Fans of Just Going to the Dentist and The Tooth Book will love this book.

    • Perfect gift for anyone with anxiety about going to the dentist
    • Great way to introduce kids to the dentist
    • Fun way to introduce children to empathy
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateAug 21, 2018
    ISBN9781452170473
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    The Crocodile and the Dentist
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    Taro Gomi

    Taro Gomi is a well-known author and illustrator who has created more than 400 books and products for readers of all ages, including Everyone Poops, My Friends, Spring is Here, Little Truck, Little Chicks, Taro Gomi's Wooden Play Set, Everyone Poops Flash Cards, and Taro Gomi's Big Book of Words. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.

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      Ha ha, Emmett went right to the Chinese shelf at the library and we brought this one home and read it and I was like "what! the crocodile and the dentist don't wanna see each other (the dentist will poke the crocodile's cavities and the crocodile will chomp the dentist's arm) but 'I must!' 'There's nothing for it but to be brave.' 'Humble thanks for helping me.' and ganbatteing and shikata ga naiing and giriing all over the place and is China actually just like Japan and how did we not know this?" But then it turns out it's a Taro Gomi book translated into Chinese and then English and it all makes sense. This seems to have given Emmett more stomach for the task of going to the dentist and that is great, although the black hole limned in brown that represents the crocodile's cavity grosses me out 5% more than I think really necessary.