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By Regan McMahon
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Funny tale of money-making scheme hinges on the tooth fairy.
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What's the Story?
As THE LEGEND OF IGGY starts, Iggy's friend Diego is charging kids $11.60 to join the club that meets in his new treehouse. Iggy desperately wants to be in the club, but he has to figure out how to get enough money to do so. When he finds a bag of teeth on the street, he concocts a scheme to "sell" teeth to kids at school so they can then fool their parents -- and the tooth fairy -- into leaving them a dollar for a lost tooth, and then give 25 cents of that back to Iggy. When his parents discover the scheme, Iggy gets in trouble and explains how others involved share the blame for the whole incident.
Is It Any Good?
This funny story follows another wild scheme concocted by Iggy -- this time to make money. Sam Ricks' black-and-white illustrations amplify the silly predicaments. It's fun to see Iggy's wacky plot unfold and blow up, but it also raises interesting questions about shared blame and whether a kid should be charging his best friend to be in a group with him. Author Annie Barrows does a great job of getting into the mind of a kid who's often in trouble and rarely acknowledges his own fault. There's also a strong message about how getting others to cheat their parents is the same as if you cheated their parents yourself -- and if you get money by lying, it's like you stole it.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the lying in Iggy the Legend. What did you think about Iggy encouraging kids to lie to their parents so they can get more tooth fairy money?
Iggy never seems to think he's to blame for the trouble he causes. But in this case, do you think there really is a lot of blame to go around, as Iggy suggests?
What's funny about a character who keeps getting in trouble? Do you think Iggy learns from his mistakes?
Book Details
- Author: Annie Barrows
- Illustrator: Sam Ricks
- Genre: Humor
- Topics: Brothers and Sisters , Friendship
- Book type: Fiction
- Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
- Publication date: June 7, 2022
- Number of pages: 118
- Available on: Paperback, Hardback, Kindle
- Last updated: May 16, 2023
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