True Lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge

By George Shannon and John O'Brien

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Oct 19, 2010
• ISBN: 9780062035714

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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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