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Denise Ditto, a native Texan, is a freelance writer who loves writing for children. She is the author of the children’s book titled, Batina’s Best First Day (BBFD) which encourages children to brush their teeth. BBFD is book one of the two books series titled The Tooth Collector Fairies. Book two is titled Decay Valley and is scheduled to be released in 2017. It teaches the consequences of not brushing your teeth. Denise also enjoys writing about a variety of other topics, often focusing on recollections from her childhood and growing up in Houston. Her short story The Art of Ironing was published in OMG, That Woman! a woman’s fiction anthology released in April 2013.
In addition to writing for children, Denise is the Executive Director at Houston Writers House, a position she shares with her business partner, Rebecca Nolen. She is the former CFO of the Houston Writers Guild. Additionally, she’s been an active member in the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators since 2012.
Denise graduated magna cum laude from the University of Houston—Downtown with a degree in professional writing. She published two short stories in the university’s literary magazine, The Bayou Review, and won first place in the creative-writing contest for her short story Summer Breeze.
Reviewed by Sarah Westmoreland for Readers' Favorite
The Tooth Collector Fairies: Batina’s Best First Day is a charming story about a somewhat clumsy little fairy named Batina. Batina, along with her friends, the very smart Lainey and the very short Lulu, have just graduated from Tooth Collector school! Today is their very first assignment, and they are all determined to do well. To encourage all of the new Tooth Collector Fairies to do their very best, there is even a special award for the Best First Day. But one fairy isn’t very happy today: Jolene didn’t pass her Tooth Collector classes, so she doesn’t get to go and collect shiny, well-brushed teeth. Jolene is so jealous that she’s very mean to Batina and her friends. She even tries to sabotage Batina’s first mission. Will Jolene succeed in ruining Batina’s first day, and keeping Batina from winning the Best First Day ribbon, or will Batina be able to find a way to finish her mission?
The Tooth Collector Fairies: Batina’s Best First Day by Denise Ditto is a skillfully written and beautifully illustrated children’s story that teaches several important lessons: always do your best, accept other people’s differences, never give up, and (of course) brush your teeth! After all, the fairies can’t fly if they don’t have magical fairy dust, and they can only make it from the shiniest, best brushed teeth. It’s a fun adventure that any young reader would enjoy as they join the Tooth Collector Fairies on their journeys to find the cleanest teeth to turn into fairy dust!
