Super Thootless – vol. 1

Coming of age

She is six, has lost her teeth and gained a superpower. Meet super toothless, the little girl that can save the world with a whistle.

Cate is six, and her worst nightmare is coming true: her two front teeth are falling out. For her, it’s the end of the world—until Grandpa Gian reveals a family secret: every child who loses baby teeth discovers a superpower. After hilarious attempts—flying, invisibility, mind-reading—Cate finds her gift: a piercing whistle that can stop buses, scare off bullies, and turn school upside down. With a homemade costume, her rabbit Poco at her side, and her battle cry “Toothless and Fearless!”, Super Toothless is born: a small but mighty heroine who turns the fear of growing up into courage, and proves that even a gap-toothed smile can change the world.

  • An irresistible heroine — funny, feisty, gap-toothed, and brave.
  • A magical twist on childhood fears: turning wobbly teeth into courage, laughter, and heroism.
Publisher: Piemme
Target: 8-10
Year: 2026
Author
Lisa Riccardi

Lisa Riccardi graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and spent years moving between film and TV sets and the swimming pool, where she played water polo. A full-time screenwriter, since 2020 she has also been publishing children’s books, while keeping her afternoons free to fight pirates with her kids. She is currently writing her directorial debut and developing a medical TV series, for which she often asks advice from her twin sister Margherita.

Discover More
Author
Margherita Riccardi

Margherita Riccardi has lived in Berlin for several years, where she works as a surgeon, dividing her time between night shifts in the ER, the operating room, and two children. Alongside medicine, she devotes herself to writing and illustration— still trying to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. Thanks to her sister Lisa, however, she has discovered the real reason she became a doctor: to serve as a consultant for TV series set in hospitals.

Discover More

More stories from the same series: Super Thootless