Open Wide! - Hardcover

Barber, Tom

3.5

12 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844582418 ISBN 13: 9781844582419

Publisher: Chrysalis Books Group, 2004

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A scary trip to the dentist becomes an amusing adventure after the young boy's doctor tells him funny stories about the other frightened patients he has treated in the past, such as the beaver who had the nibbling problem and the crocodile who needed many cavities filled.

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Review:

"Wonderfully funny. Tom Barber has created in Mr Murgatroyd a dentist every child will love. I just wish I'd had a Mr Murgatroyd when I first visited the dentist - a while ago nowl" Michael Morpurgo"

About the Author:

Tom Barber has had an extraordinarily varied career, having trained as a doctor and psychiatrist, he then worked in horticulture and conservation, running his own landscaping business. This led to gardening Journalism, a regular column for the Independent, and eventually TV presenting on Channel 4's series Garden Party. He has three children of his own and naturally has now turned his hand to writing for children! Open Wide is his first picture book. Lynne Chapman has worked as a freelance illustrator for fifteen years and has also lectured in Illustration and Printmaking. Her past titles include Rickety Barn, Giddy Goat, Big Bad Wolf is Good A New House for Smudge, I'll be Your Friend, Smudge and Smudge's Grumpy Day, Morning to Evening and Funny Stories for Nine-Year-Olds. Open Wide is her first picture book for Chrysalis Children's Books.

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