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Gregory Maguire: What-the-Dickens (Hardcover, 2007, Candlewick)

A terrible storm is raging, and ten-year-old Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, …

Cute, A Little Somber

Three children listen to their adult cousin tell them a story about Tooth Fairies while waiting anxiously through a giant storm.

This is a pretty cute book. I'm not sure I'm a real fan of the cuts between the story being told in-universe, and what was going on "in real life." I think I ultimately would have preferred the in universe story to be standalone. That said, I was left pretty disappointed that we got no actual resolution to the "in real life" plotline. I get that it isn't the point, but since it didn't tie extremely strongly to the themes of the story-in-a-story (at least, not that I felt was overt), it didn't feel good to be left dangling in that regard.