Author Gregory Maguire reads a passage from What the Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy in this video (2:45). Use this audio-book reading to develop children's listening skills and teach pronunciation.
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What-the-Dickens
What-the-Dickens
By Gregory Maguire
From the best-selling author of Wicked comes New York Times Bestseller What-the-Dickens, a transporting tale-within-a-tale about the strange world of skibbereen – aka tooth fairies – and the universal need to believe.

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