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    True Lies
    True Lies
    True Lies
    Ebook60 pages17 minutes

    True Lies

    By George Shannon and John O'Brien

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    In this collection of "lies" from many nations, the challenge is to find the slippery truth. By reading with care and not jumping to conclusions, readers will delight in discovering how these characters lie while at the same time they tell the truth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 19, 2010
    ISBN9780062035714
    True Lies
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    George Shannon

    George Shannon is a popular storyteller and former children's librarian whose many notable picture books include Tomorrow's Alphabet, Lizard's Guest, and White Is for Blueberry. Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!, illustrated by Laura Dronzek, was named a Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book. George Shannon lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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      Book preview

      True Lies - George Shannon

      TRUE LIES:

      18 TALES

      FOR YOU TO JUDGE

      TOLD BY

      GEORGE SHANNON

      ILLUSTRATED BY

      JOHN O’BRIEN

      FOR DAVID HOLTER

      —G.S.

      FOR TESS

      —J. O’B.

      Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      1. ONE COOKIE

      2. THE DONKEY AND THE CARROTS

      3. ROPEDANCING

      4. HALF THE CHERRIES

      5. A LITTLE LAND

      6. A POOR SCHOLAR

      7. NO TIME TO LIE

      8. LOST MONEY

      9. ALL MINE

      10. MATTI AND PEIKKO

      11. A TALL HOG

      12. LOVE AND PUMPKINS

      13. SHOES AND PEAS

      14. A BORN LEADER

      15. PLEASED TO SEE

      16. POCKETS

      17. STOLEN YAMS

      18. INHERITANCE

      NOTES

      COPYRIGHT

      ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

      INTRODUCTION

      W are all taught to tell the truth. But anyone who has watched the action in a courtroom, been misled by a commercial, read a newspaper headline, or been tricked by a sly classmate knows that sometimes truths are lies in disguise. Telling the truth can be very different than telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. People may state a truth, but by leaving out certain details they may not be telling the wliolc truth, which means what they’ve said is also a lie. Other sly talkers use words and phrases that can have double meanings. They tell the truth, but we create the lie when we jump to the wrong conclusion. Some people are even trickier and tell the truth in a way that sounds

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