George Shannon
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
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...
9) One family
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten, we realize that families can be many things.
12) Turkey Tot
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When Turkey Tot and his friends spot some fat, juicy blackberries hanging high above their heads, Turkey Tot tries hard to figure out a way to reach them.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Shows the process of getting cookies to the cookie jar, revealing how cows are milked, wheat is grown, and sugar cane is harvested by the many hands that work hard to provide the basic ingredients that go into making these treats.
19) Dance away
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow
Pub. Date
c1982.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Rabbit's dancing saves his friends from becoming Fox's supper.