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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A smooth-talking monster gets what's coming to him in this funny and slyly subversive picture book for fans of There's a Monster in Your Book and We Don't Eat Our Classmates. A big orange creature lurks in a crowded playground...but don't worry! He would never eat a child. What do you think he is…a MONSTER? And kids are definitely not disappearing every time you turn a page. You're imagining things. The monster has nothing to hide; in fact, he...
Author
Series
Princess Posey books volume 7
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Posey has asked Santa for a real magic wand, but when an accident leads her to tell a white lie, she begins to wonder if Santa will come at all.
Author
Series
Ali Cross volume 2
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Ali Cross is back in the gripping sequel to Ali Cross, the best-selling mystery that introduced readers to detective Alex Cross' son. In Ali's toughest case ever, his friend Zoe is in trouble after Ali and his friends witnessed a crime in Anacostia Park, and it's up to Ali to figure out why Zoe is lying to the police-and who she's protecting.
Author
Series
Bamboo kingdom volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Three pandas must separate the truth from the lies they've been raised on in order to save their kingdom"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A book made up of 75% truths and 25% lies, challenging kids to spot what is false in this fun reader about cats"--
"Cats were domesticated before dogs, right? That's a LIE! The TRUTH is, dogs were living with people for 10,000 years before cats ever were! Though this engaging early reader is 100% fun, 25% of it is FALSE! In a unique Q&A format, proficient readers are quizzed about cats to see if they can separate facts from "lies." The book's mascot--the...
6) Escape goat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the creators of Lambslide, comes a hilarious children's story about a scapegoat who escapes blame just in time. The Farmer family has a big problem! Every day their goat escapes, and every day, Mr. Farmer brings him back. So when things start to go awry on the farm, it must be the goat's fault. Who's to blame when Mrs. Farmer's petunias are trampled? Or when all the cupcakes for Archie's party disappear? And when the whole bucket of paint is...
Author
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Fox's lie gets bigger and bigger as the day goes on. He feels bad about it but will he be brave enough to tell the truth? To impress his friends, Fox lies about knowing the superhero, SuperTurtle. As one lie leads to another, he no longer knows what to do. Will he finally tell the truth when his lies put his friend Squirrel in danger?
Author
Series
Pig the pug volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pig the Pug often lies to get what he wants, and blames Trevor the sausage dog for his own misdeeds--but when his latest lie results in an accident and the loss of a tooth he finally learns his lesson (maybe).
Author
Publisher
Candelwick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Marcus is in trouble. He didn't think his friend Laurence would actually believe him when he said that his super brainy aunt built the very first time machine. He only made up the story in a spur-of-the-moment bid to win a silly argument! Now how on earth will he make the story come true?
Author
Series
Rainbow Fish (Picture books) volume 9
Publisher
North-South Books Inc., an imprint of NordSüd Verlag, AG
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When Rainbow Fish meets a new friend, Humbert, he isn't sure what to think. Humbert tells all kinds of strange stories: Somewhere at the bottom of the ocean there's a plug! There's a blue whale living near here . . . and he's going to eat up all of our food. But before Rainbow Fish and his friends panic, they realize that Humbert just likes to make up tall tales. Rainbow Fish and his friends soon come up with an idea that might make them all happy--even...
Author
Series
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
"Zorro cuenta que conoce a SuperTortuga aunque ni siquiera sabe si existe o si se trata de una leyenda. Sus mentiras crecen como una bola de nieve y ya no sabe qǔ hacer. Pero ¿y si su amiga Ardilla estuviera en peligro debido a sus mentiras?"--
Fox's lie gets bigger and bigger as the day goes on. He feels bad about it but will he be brave enough to tell the truth? To impress his friends, Fox lies about knowing the superhero, SuperTurtle. As one...
13) The big bad lies
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Lily Lattuga finally feels settled after moving to a new town and starting the fourth grade at a new school. She gets to live right across the lake from her best friend, Darby, who loves frogs and drawing just as much as Lily does. They even have their own club: the Rizzlerunks. But then things start going wrong: the new boy in class is a liar and a bully, and Darby begins acting strangely -- she even breaks the Rizzlerunk pledge of honesty and gets...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ben has so often tried to convince people he has seen Bigfoot that when a real yeti arrives and borrows his bicycle, no one comes to see if Ben is telling the truth.
Author
Series
Bamboo kingdom volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"The three panda siblings travel across the Bamboo Kingdom to find each other and discover the truth"--
16) Faker
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Trey knows the drill: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there's the con, where Trey's dad suckers the other parents into investing in one of his schemes. Once the money's in the bank, Trey, his sister, and their dad are on the run... until they set up somewhere else and start again. Trey believes his father when he says no one's getting hurt. After all, these parents...
18) Liar liar
Author
Series
Whatever after volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Answering the plea of the fairy Celeste, Abby and her brother Jonah enter the world of Pinocchio to try and help Gepetto convince his wooden puppet son to straighten out his life and go to school--but things get complicated when Pinocchio sneaks into the real world.
19) Leviathan
Author
Series
Adventuregame comics volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A "choose your own story" graphic novel. In a small medieval coastal town, the residents live in fear of a giant sea creature, the Leviathan, who attacks anyone who lies. Your mission: discover the secrets and defeat the creature before it's too late! How you go about it depends on the choices you make.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Goddess Girls are on their way to the Sparkle City Pet Show when they discover a cute, pink kitten on the Hello Brick Road. Two boys, Prince Paris and Odysseus, both claim the kitten is theirs. Can Artemis figure out which boy is telling the truth and get the sweet kitty back home?"--
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