honesty

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honesty

Liar, liar, pants on fire

Gilbert is nervous about portraying George Washington in front of the class, and he feels even worse when he cannot find his main prop.

Liar, liar, pants on fire!

Alex has a hard time adjusting to his new first grade and tells wild stories to impress the other students.

The naked mole-rat letters

Twelve-year-old Frankie sends fabricated e-mail letters in an attempt to end her widowed father's long-distance romance with a Washington, D.C., zookeeper.

Winners take all

Kyle fakes a catch that leads his baseball team to a league championship, but he does not feel good about winning by cheating and must make a difficult decision to tell the truth. Includes an account of the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.

Prilla and the butterfly lie

After lying to spare a friend's feelings, Prilla, a mainland-visiting, clapping-talent fairy, finds herself spending a day as a butterfly herder, while strange things keep happening to her.

Verify

2019
Chicago teen Meri Beckley's pride of living in a land of peace, prosperity, and truth crumbles when questions following her mother's death reveal buried facts, especially that words can have great power.
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The boy who cried wolf, narrated by the sheepish but truthful wolf

2019
In this humorous retelling of the classic fable, Whisper the wolf explains that the shepherd boy was not lying about there being a wolf among the sheep, he just misunderstood the situation, because Whisper was just visiting the sheep who were his friends.
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The big book of twisted fairy tales

stories about kindness, responsibility, honesty, & teamwork
2019
"Once upon a time, below a misty blue mountain by a wild, dark forest, a little village was home to four fairytale friends. Join Cinderella, Sleepy Beauty, Jack, and Snow White as they learn about kindness, responsibility, honesty, and teamwork"--Back cover.
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The best lies

2019
Remy Tsai had a boyfriend and a best friend once. But now, her boyfriend is dead, her best friend pulled the trigger (Remy swears it was out of self-defense), and Remy is being called in for questioning, as she was just outside when it happened. How could her life have unraveled so much? A year before, Remy and Elise were soulmates -- protecting each other from the harsh winds of the cruel world and having fun any way they could. Now, Remy searches through her memories of the event, and the year leading up to it, trying to find any way to save the friendship that means everything to her.
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Mom on the moon

Did Moe and Joe really go to the moon with their Mom? Star Powers, space expert, quizzes them to find out if they are telling the truth or pulling a prank. Includes bonus information on the moon.
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