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by Marta Zafrilla (Author), Sonja Wimmer (Illustrator)
Oral hygiene is something that has to be taught from an early age, but it is not always easy. Chirpy Charlie 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. Chirpy Charlie 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 Chirpy Charlie find a solution for him?
Author Biography
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.
