Lucy Bate was a children’s book writer and accomplishedplaywright.

Diane deGroat is the illustrator of more than 120 books, includingthose she has written for her own series. Little Rabbit’s LooseTooth was the very first book she illustrated, and it remainsone of her favorites.

 Illus. in color. "Delightfully familiar family dialoguesurrounds the momentous loss of a first tooth by a rabbit girl.Large-scale three-color drawings depict the same warm, homeydetails lodged in the text and clinch the book's sureappeal."--(starred) Booklist.