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Truthfulness
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Pig the fibber by Aaron Blabey He's back! But this time Pig, the world's greediest Pug, is telling great big lies. Won't he ever learn?Call Number: G JF BLA
ISBN: 9781743629062
Publication Date: 2015
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Jack breaks the beanstalks by Sue Nicholson ack loves climbing, but he's not allowed to climb the new beanstalks in his garden. Will he be able to resist once the beanstalks grown high into the sky?Call Number: G JF NIC
ISBN: 9780711241619
Publication Date: 2019
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Honest Ashley by Nancy Cote (Illustrator); Virginia Kroll When Ashley procrastinates writing her school essay, she's caught up short: it's due tomorrow and she hasn't even started. Her friend Kelly says she's having her sister write hers. Ashley knows that's cheating, but what is she to do?Call Number: G JF KRO
ISBN: 9780807533710
Publication Date: 2006
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Excuses, excuses by Rebecca Rissman This book teaches young learners about honesty and accepting responsibility by following one particularly naughty child through one very bad day. Lively illustrations showing a guilty child at the scene of several crimes throughout the day (standing by spilled milk, holding a broken toy, sneaking a Christmas cookie, etc) alongside hilariously improbably excuses, such as 'The dog did it!' or 'I don't even like cookies!' will make children laugh as well as teach them important lessons about honesty.Call Number: G JF RIS
ISBN: 9781406259582
Publication Date: 2013
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Whoops: but it wasn't me by Lauren Child Charlie has this little sister Lola. Lola has been playing with Charlie's very special rocket. Charlie says, "Did you break my rocket?" Lola says, "You absolutely told me to not ever never touch it. . . ever." Charlie is furious and Lola denies ever touching the rocket. But she eventually learns that although it can be hard, you have to tell the truth.Call Number: G JF CHI
ISBN: 9780141500669
Publication Date: 2007
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I didn't do it! : a book about telling the truth by Sue Graves Poppy doesn't always tell the truth at home. She doesn't always tell the truth at school either. Now she's getting other children into trouble. Can she learn that it's better to own up than to tell a lie? Fictional story with suggestions and activities and ideas to discuss and wordless storyboard.Call Number: G JF GRA
ISBN: 9781445138978
Publication Date: 2013
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Franklin Fibs by Paulette Bourgeois; Brenda Clark (Illustrator) Bear can climb the highest tree, Hawk can fly over the berry patch without flapping his wings, and Beaver can chop down a tree with his teeth. "I can swallow 76 flies in the blink of an eye", Franklin fibs. . . . Then Franklin's friends ask him to prove it!Call Number: G JF BOU
ISBN: 0590446479
Publication Date: 1992-07-01
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The girl who cried wolf by Steve Smallman rincess Arabella just can't help telling lies to make her daymore exciting. When her constant tricks get her into trouble, will anyone be prepared to help her? Learn the importance of being honest in this mixed-up fairytale about telling the truth.Call Number: G JF SMA
ISBN: 9781784937270
Publication Date: 2017
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Norton took something by John Dickson Taking something his sister treasured wasn't seven-year-old Norton's best decision. But returning the thing and making good proves to be harder that it looks. Fortunately, Norton has a caring family to help him light the way - though sometimes his older sister can be a bit tricky.Call Number: Y JF DIC
ISBN: 9780994384140x
Publication Date: 2018
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The Cocky Who Cried Dingo by Yvonne Morrison; Heath McKenzie (Illustrator) If Aesop had been born Australian, this is the story he would have written instead of The Boy Who Cried Wolf . As it is, Yvonne Morrisson has done the job for him--telling the raucous tale of a cheeky cockatoo who decides that pulling a few pranks on his fellow birds will liven things up. Of course, the prank backfires when no one believes his cries for help, and a real dingo pins him down by his precious yellow crest. All ends well--and cocky learns his lesson. Or does he?Call Number: G JF MOR
ISBN: 9781921541421
Publication Date: 2010
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Don't tell lies, Lucy! by Phil Roxbee Cox A cautionary tale for children everywhere to warn of the perils of behaving badly and not doing what you're told.Call Number: G JF COX
ISBN: 0746059086
Publication Date: 2004
Tiddler: the story-telling fish by Tiddler the fish is always telling tall tales about why he is late for school, but when he is actually caught in a net and taken far from home, it is his stories that help him find his way back.
Pig the fibber by He's back! But this time Pig, the world's greediest Pug, is telling great big lies. Won't he ever learn?
Hippo owns up: a book about telling the truth by Hippo is having a bad day. He missed breakfast and his tummy rumbles really loudly in class. When he finds himself in the school kitchen, he spots the most delicious cake ever. He can't resist. But will he let someone else be blamed for eating it?
Jack breaks the beanstalks by ack loves climbing, but he's not allowed to climb the new beanstalks in his garden. Will he be able to resist once the beanstalks grown high into the sky?
Honest Ashley by When Ashley procrastinates writing her school essay, she's caught up short: it's due tomorrow and she hasn't even started. Her friend Kelly says she's having her sister write hers. Ashley knows that's cheating, but what is she to do?
Excuses, excuses by This book teaches young learners about honesty and accepting responsibility by following one particularly naughty child through one very bad day. Lively illustrations showing a guilty child at the scene of several crimes throughout the day (standing by spilled milk, holding a broken toy, sneaking a Christmas cookie, etc) alongside hilariously improbably excuses, such as 'The dog did it!' or 'I don't even like cookies!' will make children laugh as well as teach them important lessons about honesty.
Whoops: but it wasn't me by Charlie has this little sister Lola. Lola has been playing with Charlie's very special rocket. Charlie says, "Did you break my rocket?" Lola says, "You absolutely told me to not ever never touch it. . . ever." Charlie is furious and Lola denies ever touching the rocket. But she eventually learns that although it can be hard, you have to tell the truth.
I didn't do it! : a book about telling the truth by Poppy doesn't always tell the truth at home. She doesn't always tell the truth at school either. Now she's getting other children into trouble. Can she learn that it's better to own up than to tell a lie? Fictional story with suggestions and activities and ideas to discuss and wordless storyboard.
Franklin Fibs by Bear can climb the highest tree, Hawk can fly over the berry patch without flapping his wings, and Beaver can chop down a tree with his teeth. "I can swallow 76 flies in the blink of an eye", Franklin fibs. . . . Then Franklin's friends ask him to prove it!
The girl who cried wolf by rincess Arabella just can't help telling lies to make her daymore exciting. When her constant tricks get her into trouble, will anyone be prepared to help her? Learn the importance of being honest in this mixed-up fairytale about telling the truth.
The Cocky Who Cried Dingo by If Aesop had been born Australian, this is the story he would have written instead of The Boy Who Cried Wolf . As it is, Yvonne Morrisson has done the job for him--telling the raucous tale of a cheeky cockatoo who decides that pulling a few pranks on his fellow birds will liven things up. Of course, the prank backfires when no one believes his cries for help, and a real dingo pins him down by his precious yellow crest. All ends well--and cocky learns his lesson. Or does he?
Be Honest and Tell the Truth by 
Don't tell lies, Lucy! by A cautionary tale for children everywhere to warn of the perils of behaving badly and not doing what you're told.