honesty

Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered.

Looks at some of the reasons why people sometimes lie, and stresses the benefits of being honest and telling the truth.

Gaby, feeling left out of things at camp, decides to grab some attention for herself by claiming that a boy on a "Survivor"-like television show is her brother, but her problems only increase when he wins and is awarded a trip to Australia with his entire family--of which Gaby is obviously not a member.

When Franklin lies about being able to swallow seventy-six flies in the blink of an eye, his friends ask him to prove it.

When a stink bomb at the school provides a chance for Angus to talk to Ella, he claims to share her interest in reading facial expressions and declares his ambition to become a crime-solving mentalist.

When Jake loses his brand new toy airplane, Katie Woo lies and says that she does not know where it is. Written in Spanish.

When Destiny Washington cannot think of a discovery during Discovery Week at school, she makes up a story, but finds that she cannot keep on pretending it is true.

After her mother catches her in an untruth, Libby Sullivan promises never to lie again, but soon she must learn that it is not always kind to blurt out the whole truth either.

Lexie and her fragile cousin Elena are inseparable until Lexie tells a lie that splits apart her large, colorful Greek-Cypriot family.

Simple text and illustrations introduce the character trait of honesty.