Brooke Hecker is an author and marketing executive in New York City. She has two daughters, and she sometimes secretly reads their books after they’ve gone to sleep.
Brooke’s first children’s book, Letters from My Tooth Fairy, debuted on August 15, 2020, and is based off of the real letters that her daughters have received from their actual Tooth Fairies. Hopefully their Tooth Fairies don’t mind!
Letters from My Tooth Fairy
One special rite of passage in childhood is the loss of the first baby tooth. For many children it’s an exhilarating time, while for others the trauma of the first “gap” is cause for mortification. And the journey of losing those baby teeth is not a speedy one—it lasts for nearly six years!
In Letters from My Tooth Fairy, a young girl named Natalie and her devoted Tooth Fairy exchange letters, asking and answering questions about some of childhood’s most important moments. From the loss of her first tooth at age six to losing her last two baby teeth as a confident eleven-year-old, Natalie’s early milestones, including bad school pictures and best-friend troubles, are lovingly told through this epistolary relationship. Readers of all ages—those with baby teeth and those years beyond—will cheer for Natalie as she experiences the highs and lows of this time of life. Energetic, colorful artwork perfectly captures the magic of this toothy tale, making us all wish for our very own Tooth Fairy.