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My Teeth Are Too Big

Are Jackie’s Teeth Too Big?

My Teeth Are Too Big is a children’s picture book about self-confidence and accepting yourself as the unique person that you are. Your appearance changes over your lifetime, but when your teeth change it is abrupt and the adjustment takes time to accept. Jackie needs the magic of her dreams to find her unique self.

Jackie Rabbit is teased and bullied by her school friends after her adult teeth grow into place. Jackie runs home and cries out for her parents. Her parents team up to provide active listening and emotional support. But it takes a magical encounter with Lydia Lady bug to reinforce a positive message.

Using a spellbinding chant Lydia creates an enchanted atmosphere complete with ladybug dust and transformations. Lydia utilizes Jackie’s own imagination to demonstrate that her teeth are unique and beautiful. The story is an emotional journey for Jackie and the reader who has experienced this issue first hand.

Released: November 13, 2020
Pages: 48

Soft Cover: ISBN: 9781734126839
Hard Cover: ISBN: 9781734126822

Age Range: 5-8
Author and Illustrator: Vicki Riske

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Author: Vicki Riske

Vicki is originally from Minot, ND, but has been living in Mesa, AZ for over 30 years. She has been interested in puppetry and storytelling for many years. She created puppets for theatre productions at NDSU in Fargo, ND.

Vicki writes and illustrates award winning children’s books. The New Polka Dot Tea Party is about friendship and discovery. It contains colorful illustrations of the Sonoran Desert and its inhabitants. Our owl is now on every page, which is super fun to find as you read the story.

Local artist Laura Best illustrated Grandma Bibi and Sonia Elizabeth Soto translated the text for the Spanish version, La Abuela Bibi. The two books tackle the difficulties of memory loss in older loved ones from the perspective of children.

Vicki’s award winning book, Fishy Tales, has been translated into Spanish by Sonia Elizabeth Soto, Los pececitos aventureros. These two books are about fish who love to swim, and play in the ocean. But encounter environmental problems in their water caused by plastic trash. This book is a great conversation starter for discussions on climate change and our responsibility to care for our planet earth.

Dear Grandma and Grandpa/Queridos abuelos is a dual language book. Vicki co-authored this book with Sonia Elizabeth Soto. Writing this book was a new experience, they had to make decisions on how to work with the text in the design of the book. They decided to keep the English and Spanish text close to each other and used color to differentiate the languages.

The story is about a bored Jackie Rabbit. Her friends are too busy to play with her, so she asks her Mother if she can play. Mother Rabbit is too busy writing a letter to her sister and suggests that Jackie should write a letter to her grandparents. She doesn’t know how to write letters, so Mother explains the process. Jackie discovers the joy of writing and receiving letters.