The Honest-to-Goodness Truth

When Libby rushes out the door to go jump roping with a friend her mother asks her if she has watered and fed Ol' Boss. Catching her lying her mother takes away the privilege of playing with friends. By Sunday morning Libby is determined to start telling the truth. Her brutal honesty makes her

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friends and neighbors feel insulted. The importance of the topic for character development along with the unique style of drawing make this a good choice for read-aloud in a variety of home and class settings.

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After promising never to lie, Libby learns it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either.

An excellent story to share with elementary schoolers. When Libby can't wait to play with Ruthie Mae, she lies to her mother. After being caught (and getting into double trouble), she vows only to tell the truth from then on. As those close to her become angry one by one with her truth-telling,

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Libby begins to realize that sometimes, telling the truth can hurt. Folksy illustrations that call the African American lifestyle in the deep south to life paired with an excellent moral make this book a great choice.

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This is a great book to use as an example of a life lesson or as a personal experience. This book would be easy for children to discuss and share their own experiences with truth and dishonesty. I also liked the quirkyness of the illustrations.

Love the moral of this book: it's not good to lie, but it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either!

I liked this book a lot because of it's message, "Telling the truth is good, but telling the truth to hurt others is not so good." This message is critical for all individuals to know, but I believe children need to abide by this saying. In schools today, there are a lot of bullying and fights that

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occur because of what someone said or how they said it. If only children knew their limits when telling the truth to their peers, I believe our schools would be much safer for our children. Referring back to the book, the author is not telling children to lie, but to simply know when to cut off when speaking the truth. In the book, Libby told the teacher that Willie didn't do his geography homework. Libby; however, knew that Willie didn't understand the homework and instead of letting him tell the teacher or ask for help, Libby tattled and embarrased Willie. Telling the truth is good, but do it to uplift people not to hurt them.

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Great book for a lesson on not telling the truth.

a story about a little girl that started off not telling the truth, she felt bad and turned around and starts to tell the truth about everything. She soon finds out that telling a lie is bad and there is a right way and a wrong way to tell the truth.

Libbey is confused when she follows the advice of her mother in always telling the truth. Her friends become mad at her for telling things like how they have a hole in their sock or someone didn't do their homework and it leaves Libby confused and struggling to figure out how to tell the truth the

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right way.
I would use this book in the classroom to teach social manners, one of those added lessons we give in the classroom. It is a great lesson on how to say, what to say and when to say it. It also shows the importance of owning up to your words and doing the right thing.

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The pragmatic rules about telling the truth vs. being tactful vs. 'white lies' and keeping your mouth shut are not often a theme in children's books.  This may not be the best book ever on the subject, but it's the best I've seen.  However, I despise the style of the illustrations.  So, while I

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do recommend the book highly to children, parents, and libraries, I cannot bring myself to rate it any higher than 3.5 stars.

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