Harley Harrison, the biggest tattle-tale and best math student in second grade, meets his match in both areas when Emma Jean Smith joins him Mr. Hall's class.
Explains what tattling is, why people do it, and what the consequences might be; then suggests alternatives to this behavior and ways to resolve problems created by talebearing.
When Karen teases her little brother Andrew about getting into trouble at preschool one day, he becomes a tattletale, telling on everything she does wrong.
Gilbert the opossum gets stuck with a tattle-tale, Phillip, on a class trip to Pilgrim Town, but he learns a valuable lesson when he gets stuck in the bathroom.