Sam's dental adventure is a helpful tool for parents, guardians, and teachers of young children as it helps young children to understand why they should visit the dentist, what will happen on that all-important first visit as well as those that follow. The mysteries of dentistry: that enormous chair, the bright light towering over it, and those shiny dental tools are explained and made familiar in this charming and colourful storybook. Sam has heard lots of stories from his friends about their first visit to the dentist and now it's his turn! Mum helps to guide him and together they role play and learn all about a child's first visit to the dentist and hygienist. This wonderful book will help prepare and acclimatise children for their first dental adventure so they look forward to every visit! The rewards being a healthy mouth and stickers of course! 10% of profits will be donated to charity.

"How about a story? Spin us a yarn."
Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned.
"Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!"
And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic.

As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold--the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.

In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.

A 1995 ALA Notable Children's Book
School Library Journal Best Book of 1994
Winner of a 1994 Bulletin Blue Ribbon
A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)
Winner of the 1997 Heartland Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Winner, 1995 Newbery Medal
Notable Children's Books of 1995 (ALA)
1995 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE)
Children's Book Award for Longer Novels (Great Britain's Federation of Children's Books Groups)
Outstanding Books of 1994 for Middle School-Aged Teens (V)
Best Books 1994 (SLJ)
Bulletin Blue Ribbon Books 1994 (C)