★ Nominated for the 2025 Eduard Uspensky Grand Fairy Tale Award in the Fairy Tale category, this poetic work by a renowned children’s author perfectly blends storytelling with educational content.
★ The author is a decorated writer with numerous accolades including the Korney Chukovsky Literary Award, and has been winning prestigious prizes since 2015, solidifying her recognized writing prowess.
★ Combining adventurous storytelling with dental science knowledge, the book broadens children’s horizons and helps cultivate their emotional awareness and courage.

Nominated for the 2025 Eduard Uspensky Grand Fairy Tale Award – Fairy Tale Category!

Renowned children’s author Alyona Kashura has crafted a tightly plotted and heartwarming poetic fairy tale centered on one of kids’ most beloved characters – the Tooth Fairy. Young readers will not only be immersed in a thrilling adventure and investigation, but also learn a wealth of fascinating facts: Do elephants have baby teeth? Do sperm whales lose their teeth? What exactly is a narwhal’s tusk? And many more intriguing tidbits await discovery.

The story follows a little Tooth Fairy who must, within a single night, find the owner of a mysterious tooth she accidentally picked up on the beach, somewhere in the vast ocean. Our heroine is about to embark on a perilous journey, befriend a hyperactive dolphin and a wise sperm whale, and escape the clutches of a sharp-toothed shark.

Though small in stature, this brave Tooth Fairy courageously faces all trials and tribulations. She never gives up or lets her wings droop, standing firm against both the forces of nature and her own fears. Her story reminds readers that it is crucial to stay true to oneself and keep a cool head no matter the situation, for after the darkest and gloomiest night, dawn always breaks, promising a brand-new day and hope.

Illustrator Maria Volkova has brought this gripping and touching tale to life with her artwork. She depicts a cast of characters both kind and dangerous, toothy and fanged, across the book’s pages. Additionally, she has added notes from the diligent little Tooth Fairy on the book’s endpapers. By studying these notes, children can learn the difference between incisors and canines, as well as how the teeth of mammals differ from those of reptiles and amphibians.

# Five Reasons to Buy This Book
Alyona Kashura’s poetry is simple, uplifting and inspiring, making it perfect for children’s first attempts at independent reading.
Immerse yourself in the fairy tale of the brave Tooth Fairy, and fly over the crests of towering waves and ride on the back of a dolphin alongside her.
Following the protagonist’s adventures, children can expand their knowledge and gain a better understanding of their own emotions.
The kind and courageous heroine sets a wonderful example, showing that willpower and faith in the good can determine much in life.
Maria Volkova’s vivid illustrations burst with the colors of night and emotions, allowing readers to experience every feeling the Tooth Fairy goes through.

# For Whom This Book Is Written
For those who believe in miracles, both in fairy tales and in real life
For children who are just learning to read
For all lovers of original poetic fairy tales in the traditions of Korney Chukovsky and Julia Donaldson

# Message from the Author
This book about the Tooth Fairy would never have seen the light of day without my fellow writer friends.

It all started with Ksyusha Gorbunova and her short animated film Klyuchik (Little Piece) – a cartoon about a robot with a big head produced by the company Lalabuk. I wanted to create something similar for animation too, so I decided to write something light, interesting and engaging. But what?

Just then, quite unexpectedly, another colleague came to my aid – Irina Butenko. I was reading her popular science article about teeth when a thought suddenly struck me: What if animals had their own Tooth Fairy? Actually, this is how many of my books begin: “And then I suddenly thought, what if…?”

I started to imagine what gifts the Tooth Fairy might bring to different animals, where she learned to tell different teeth apart? And most importantly, what kind of trouble could befall a Tooth Fairy? After all, there is no fairy tale without drama. The plot quickly took shape in my mind. All that was left was to turn it into poetry. This part was much harder. Because before this, I had only written prose; poetry was uncharted territory for me.

Imagination came to my rescue: I pictured words as puzzle pieces that needed to be fitted together perfectly, piece by piece. That’s how I put together each line. And so, the story of the Tooth Fairy was born. I hope it will be loved by all young readers and their parents!

Alyona Kashura was born on June 16, 1985, in Lipetsk. She began writing short fairy tales at the age of 12. At 14, she became a freelance correspondent for the regional children’s newspaper Zolotoy Klyuchik (Golden Key), and soon after was taken on as a full-time staff member.

In 2008, she graduated from Voronezh State University with a degree in Journalism, even though in her childhood she had wanted to become a veterinarian, a doctor, and an actress. As early as 2009, she won the A. A. Vermishev Award for the best journalistic works within a special project, for a series of fairy tales about school meal arrangements in Lipetsk.

As time went on, she outgrew the pages of newspapers and decided to write a longer story, a project that took about a year to complete. She began writing books after the birth of her daughter Ksenia. Her debut book was published in 2015, and in the same year, it won the International Pyotr Ershov Competition in the “Heirs of Ershov” category, as well as the Silver Knight Award at the International Slavic Literary Forum Golden Knight.

She has participated in the International Forum of Young Writers and Poets of Russia, CIS countries and abroad, and is a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture.

She considers her husband Oleg and their three children – Ksenia, Nikolai and Maria – to be her main sources of inspiration, readers and critics. That is why the theme of family runs like a red thread through all her books. Through her works, she strives to convey to readers that family is the most precious thing everyone has. By the way, she often draws her characters from real life. Perhaps that is why people immediately and unconditionally believe in her stories.

# Awards and Honors
2015 – Winner of the International Pyotr Ershov Competition in the “Heirs of Ershov” category
2015 – Winner of the Silver Knight Award at the International Slavic Art Forum Golden Knight
2016 – Winner of the regional Yevgeny Zamyatin Literary Award
2016 – Grand Prix Winner of the “Short Children’s Work – 2016” Competition
2017 – Winner of the City Literary Award named after poet Alexey Lipetsky
2017 – Winner of the Russian Federation Government Award in the Mass Media Field
2020 – Winner of the International Vladislav Krapivin Literary Award in the “Commander’s Choice” category
2024 – Winner of the Korney Chukovsky Literary Award in the “Readers’ Choice” category