The Chocolate Dentist

and 237 Other Remarkable Professions Tosca Menten, illustrations Geert Gratama

Tosca Menten’s wildest ideas come to life Fun to read aloud from the age of 7 or to read yourself from the age of 9

Tosca Menten has already sold over 2.2 million books

Did you know that the little holes in your chocolate bar that are filled with hazelnuts, are actually made by a chocolate dentist? And did you know that bacteria hunters hunt for giant bacteria and that grass cutters can turn jolly dreadlocks in your lawn? Does your parrot Harry hiss? Then take Harry to a speech therapist for parrots!

The Chocolate Dentist is a new hilarious collection of stories about amazing professions that only Tosca Menten can come up with. Her absurd stories are supplemented with useless facts, silly lists, funny cartoons and many witty drawings by Geert Gratama.

155 x 230 mm | 224 pages | 29,300 words B&W illustrations | hardcover | age group: 7+ all rights available

Tosca Menten is known as the funniest children’s book writer in the Netherlands. With her Roald Dahl-like humour, keen observations and wild fantasies she is able to entertain children of all ages. Her series Dummie the Mummy was adapted for film and was translated worldwide. De Wraak van Knor and Dirkje Bakkes, brandnetelspecialist too will soon be adapted for film. Geert Gratama graduated from the Rietveld Academie. Nowadays he works as an illustrator and a graphic designer for publishing houses, theatre companies. He is a member of the illustrator’s collective Lange Halen.