More True Lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge (True Lies, 2) - Hardcover

Shannon, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688176437 ISBN 13: 9780688176433

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2001

Synopsis

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?"

About this title

About the Author:

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.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-5-Using the same format found in True Lies (Greenwillow, 1997), Shannon presents 18 brief tales drawn from world folklore in which the protagonists obscure the truth by clever manipulations or omissions. In a tale from Trinidad, a man being hauled off to jail in chains insists he only picked up a rope he found on the ground, neglecting to mention that the rope was attached to a cow. In a tale from the Middle East, the aged Mulla Nasrudin applies for a job as gardener, insisting he is as strong as he was 20 years ago, a misleading statement as even then he had been a weakling. For each selection, readers are given an opportunity to untangle the word puzzle before the author presents the solution in a section called "The Whole Truth." The combination of brevity, humor, and accessible language should attract reluctant readers, and teachers could use the book to inspire creative-writing exercises and as a discussion starter for how language can be both used and abused. O'Brien's pen-and-ink illustrations are a whimsical complement to the tales, and Shannon supplies exhaustive source notes for each story.
Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0688176437
• ISBN 13: 9780688176433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: O'Brien John