Review: BACTERIA JOE, OH NO!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
I have read several of Sigal Adler's books;I think this is the best book that Adler has written so far. A sweet young boy, who tries to be good goes to bed one night too tired to brush his teeth. Bacteria Joe promptly arrives on the scene because the boy has just eaten one of his favorite sweets, chocolate. Joe invites his friends and they have a party in the boy's mouth putting pressure on one of his teeth and digging down deep. The boy wakes up with a pain in his tooth and hurries to get up and brush his teeth.The rhymes are catchy and clever; the illustrations are brilliantly done to portray exactly what bacteria can do to damage teeth. Ever since that night, the boy remembers to brush his teeth to prevent tooth decay. Any parent who has ever had a battle with a child to brush his teeth will want to check out this book. I would heartily recommend that dentists place it on their office reading racks and that teachers consider using it as part of their health curriculum in the early grades. The book gets its point across in an easy to understand non-threatening way.