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The Honest-To-Goodness Truth - by Patricia C McKissack (Hardcover)

The Honest-To-Goodness Truth - by  Patricia C McKissack (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After promising never to lie, Libby learns that it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either. Full-color illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack comes a humorous and poignant picture book about the right time to tell the truth.</b> <p/>"Tell the truth and shame the devil," Libby's mama has told her. So whatever is Libby doing wrong? <p/>Ever since she started telling only the truth, the whole world seems to be mad at her. First, it's her best friend, Ruthie Mae, who gets upset when Libby tells all their friends that Ruthie Mae has a hole in her sock. Then Willie gives her an ugly look when she tells the teacher he hasn't done his homework. <p/>It seems that telling the truth isn't always so simple. Can Libby figure out what it really means to be truthful and make amends?<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Patricia C. McKissack is the author of many highly acclaimed books for children, including <i>Goin' Someplace Special, </i> a Coretta Scott King Award winner; <i>The Honest-to-Goodness Truth; Let My People Go, </i> written with her husband, Fredrick, and recipient of the NAACP Image Award; <i>The Dark-Thirty, </i> a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner; and <i>Mirandy and Brother Wind, </i> recipient of the Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. <p/>Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including <i>Kate and the Beanstalk</i> by Mary Pope Osborne, an ALA-ALSC notable book; <i>The Boy Who Loved Words</i> by Roni Schotter, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner; and <i>Cecil the Pet Glacier </i>by Matthea Harvey. She is the author and illustrator of <i>Tell Me What to Dream About</i> and <i>This Is My Dollhouse</i>--both inspired by her daughters--and <i>The Year I Didn't Go to School</i>, about traveling through Italy with her parents' puppet troupe when she was eight. Giselle also illustrates "Ties," a weekly column in the Well section of <i>The New York Times</i>. She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at GisellePotter.com.

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