Children's Dental Books
Help your child feel more at ease when they visit the dentist. Below are books we recommend to help make dental visits feel more familiar and entertaining. Find them at your local library or use the book title links to view them online.
- Arthur's Loose Tooth (An I Can Read Book), Lillian Hoban (Illustrator), Terry Christie (Reader)
- Arthur's Tooth, Mark Brown
- Barney Goes to the Dentist, Linda Cress Dowdy, Dennis Full (Illustrator)
- The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist, Stan and Jan Berenstain
- Clifford's Loose Tooth (Big Red Reader), Wendy Cheyette Lewison, Norman Bridwell, John Kurtz, and Sandrina Kurtz
- Going to the Dentist (First Experiences), Anne Civardi
- The Crocodile and the Dentist, Taro Gomi, Earl Pully, and Steve Blane
- Doctor De Soto, William Steig
- Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa, William Steig
- Freddie Visits the Dentist (Little Barron's Toddler Books), Nicola Smee
- Just Going to the Dentist: Golden Look-Look Book, Mercer Mayer (Illustrator)
- How Many Teeth? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1), Paul Showers, Tru Kelly (Illustrator)
- Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, Laurie Keller
- Throw Your Tooth on the Roof (Tooth Traditions from Around the World), Selby Beeler, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
- Smile Wide Look Inside, Judith Dember-Paige, RDH
- Whose Teeth Are These? (Whose? Animal Series), Wayne Lynch
Books on brushing and losing teeth
- Brush Your Teeth Please: A Pop-Up Book, Leslie McGuire, Jean Pidgeon, and Dina Anastasio
- Have You Ever Seen a Moose Brushing His Teeth?, Jamie McClaine
- I Know Why I Brush My Teeth (Sam's Science), Kate Rowan, Katharine McEwen (Illustrator)
- The Tooth Fairy Legend: The Touch of Kindness, John Arthur Long, Chet Meyer, Nadine Zenobi
- What Do the Fairies Do with All the Teeth?, Michel Luppens, Phillipe Beha (Illustrator)
- Cousin Ruth's Tooth, Amy MacDonald
- Look My Tooth is Loose, Patricia Brennan Demuth, Mike Cressy (Illustrator)
- David Decides about Thumbsucking: A Story for Children, A Guide for Parents, Susan Heitler, Ph.D.
- Dog Breath, Dav Pilkey
