Oral hygiene is something that has to be taught from an early age, but it is not always easy. Trino Rojo watches her human friend brush her teeth every day and he wants to do it too, but he has a problem: he is a bird!
Every morning mom yells at Julie: Julie, brush your teeth, or you'll need a filling! Well, I'm a little bird who looks after his health, and all this business about getting a filling must be horrible, because she talks about it every day. There's no way I'm going to have one of those things in my teeth. Trino Rojo can be many things, but irresponsible is not one of them! But how do birds brush their teeth? Excited, he searches for information on the Internet and consults all the encyclopedias at home, but he does not find any answer. He discovers that other animals brush their teeth gnawing on wood or chewing on some seaweed, so he decides to give it a try. Result: a failure. Will Trino Rojo find a solution for him?
La higiene bucal debe enseñarse desde una edad temprana, pero no siempre es fácil. Trino Rojo observa a su dueña lavarse los dientes todos los días y él también quiere hacerlo, pero tiene un gran problema: ¡es un pájaro!
Cada mañana mamá le grita a Julia: «¡Julia, lávate los dientes, que si no te van a salir caries!». Yo, que soy un pájaro que cuida de su salud, me digo que esas caries deben de ser horribles, pues todos los días insiste mucho en el tema. Lo tengo claro: yo no quiero tener una de esas caries en mis dientes. ¡Trino Rojo será muchas cosas, pero irresponsable no es una de ellas! ¿Pero cómo se lavan los dientes los pájaros? Entusiasmado, busca información por Internet y consulta todas las enciclopedias que hay en casa, pero no encuentra ninguna respuesta. Descubre que otros animales se lavan los dientes royendo madera o masticando algunas algas así que decide intentarlo. Resultado: un fracaso. ¿Encontrará Trino Rojo una solución para él?
Las cautivadoras ilustraciones de Sonja Wimmer y el humor que envuelve la historia de Marta Zafrilla van a ayudar a acercar a los niños al cepillo de dientes. ¡Y a la sonrisa
About the Author: Marta Zafrilla, born in Murcia (Spain) in April 1982, is a teacher and an award-winning author and poet. She has published several collections of poetry in Spain and been included in multiple anthologies. Her poems and book reviews have appeared in cultural publications and she has held various jobs with advertising agencies and publishers. She also writes children's literature, being Chirpy Charlie's Teeth one of her most famous books.
Sonja Wimmer loves painting pictures and telling stories. After studying and working for some years as a graphic designer in her hometown of Munich and Brussels, she decided to pack her suitcase and move to Barcelona to study Illustration at the Llotja Arts and Crafts School. Since then, she lives between brushes and stories, working as an illustrator and freelance for publishers and other customers worldwide. She has received many awards for her work in the United states, most notably Gold Medal for Best Illustrator for The Word Collector.
