Written By Megin Potter | Photos PROVIDED
Based on a true story…almost! In Abella and the Almost Racehorse, the sixth book in the popular series by award-winning children’s book author Zane Carson Carruth, a curious tooth fairy, Abella, and her best friend, Darcie, meet a horse yearning to become a racehorse.
When he can’t eat because of a toothache, Abella introduces this nervous Nelly, and children ages 3-12, to a new experience while reinforcing the message that it’s essential to care for one’s teeth. On their adventures in Tulip Hollow, we learn how kindness helps others build the confidence to overcome obstacles and reach big, almost impossible, dreams.
“This book is about being brave and powering through. Sometimes what looks like a set back is just a little speed bump,” said Carruth.
Abella and the Almost Racehorse is based on an experience Carruth had last year at Stillwater’s Irish Hill Century Farm when an abscessed tooth took her four-year-old gelding, THATSMYBOXER (sired by stallion BIG BROWN) out of training for six months.
Capturing the hearts of children worldwide, Abella, the World’s First Tooth Fairy…Ever, has starred in an animated series, video game, and this spring, appeared on a billboard in NYC’s Times Square.
A special reading and book signing of both Abella and the Almost Racehorse and the latest book in the series, Abella and the Haunted House, with author Zane Carson Carruth, will be held at 10:30 am, July 19th, at Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs.
Fresh off the presses! In Abella and the Haunted House, children go along with the tooth fairy and her friends as they investigate a scary structure. The story is inspired by a brick colonial building in Carruth’s own Houston neighborhood. Vacant but still full of old-world charm, if the house were haunted, she wondered, would that save this stately home from being torn down?
Find out more about this, and all Abella’s adventures by visiting https://worldsfirsttoothfairy.com