More True Lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge
By George Shannon and John O'Brien
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A man is thrown in jail for picking up a rope. A student earns one hundred points on his math and history tests, yet fails both classes. A spider saves a fugitive from a legion of warriors. A farmer buys a cow, a horse, and a donkey, all with a single ear of corn.... Each of the eighteen stories in this book is true, technically. But each is also a lie.
In his second collection of "true lies" from around the world, George Shannon challenges young readers to uncover the whole truth. But be careful: a word with more than one meaning can obscure the facts. And a hidden detail can mean the difference between honesty and a twisted truth that is, in its essence, a lie.
Can you tell the difference?
Can you discover:
"What's the truth,
the whole truth?
And where's the lie?"
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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More True Lies - George Shannon
MORE
TRUE
LIES
18 TALES FOR
YOU TO JUDGE
Told by
George Shannon
Illustrated by
John O’Brien
For
Margaret Read MacDonald
—G.S.
For Tess,
who is also Terase
—J.O’B.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
INTRODUCTION
1 STOLEN ROPE
2 THE COOKIE JAR
3 SCHOOL DAYS
4 FOREVER STRONG
5 A SECRET LOVE
6 FIRST TOUCH
7 TROUBLE WITH TREES
8 THE KNIFE
9 THE NEW SERVANT
10 SPARROWS
11 PLENTY OF LIES
12 QUALITY GUARANTEED
13 WOOD FOR SALE
14 MAILING GIFTS
15 A TINY HERO
16 THE RIGHT PROPOSAL
17 BULL’S-EYE
18 ONE EAR
NOTES
Copyright
About the Publisher
INTRODUCTION
Dictionaries give us the definitions of words, but their meanings can still be confusing. Anyone who has been tricked by another’s words or has tried to avoid telling the truth while not directly lying knows that the meanings of words can be twisted. Words with more than one definition can be used purposely to confuse or to distract others from seeing the whole truth. Simply leaving out a word or two in a sentence can make the difference between telling the truth and telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. When the goal is to deceive, there are many ways in which words can be used so that a statement is technically truthful yet basically a lie.
The following tales from around the world are retold so that you can test your skills at finding the truth in what sounds like a lie, and finding the lie in what sounds like the truth. Read carefully to discover