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The honest-to-goodness truth

by McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017

Format: Print Book 2003
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Summary
From Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack comes a humorous and poignant picture book about the right time to tell the truth.

"Tell the truth and shame the devil," Libby's mama has told her. So whatever is Libby doing wrong?

Ever since she started telling only the truth, the whole world seems to be mad at her. First, it's her best friend, Ruthie Mae, who gets upset when Libby tells all their friends that Ruthie Mae has a hole in her sock. Then Willie gives her an ugly look when she tells the teacher he hasn't done his homework.

It seems that telling the truth isn't always so simple. Can Libby figure out what it really means to be truthful and make amends?
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Ages 4^-8. Libby learns that telling the truth is not always as simple as it seems, especially when it hurts. After she's punished for lying to her mother, Libby wounds her friends, classmates, and neighbors by pointing out their weaknesses, mistakes, and embarrassments to everyone, until she realizes that there are times to keep quiet. The story is very much a lesson, but it's a subtle one, and Potter's colorful, naive-style illustrations capture the innocence and eagerness of the "good girl" who learns that telling tales is not the way to be nice, that some things are private. Empathy is the message here, and Libby's scenarios are good starting points for discussion. --Hazel Rochman"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: ""McKissack thoroughly examines a common childhood problem-discerning when the truth helps and when it hurts-with homespun language and accessible situations," wrote PW. "The intimate settings so integral to Potter's folk-art style provide a fitting complement to the author's cozy community." Ages 4-8. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information
Subjects Honesty -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Publisher New York :Aladdin Paperbacks,2003
Edition 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Contributors Potter, Giselle.
Language English
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN 0689853955
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