Dont Tell Lies, Lucy!: A Cautionary Tale

by Phil Roxbee Cox

Book Overview

A cautionary tale for children everywhere to warn of the perils of behaving badly and not doing what you're told. Paperback. Pages: 24 This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0794507670
• ISBN13: 9780794507671
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Usborne Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.1" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Huge wave

this girl inside here is a liar who does not tell the truth. In the end a huge wave takes her away.

My kids love it!

As the previous reviewer said, something certainly does happen to Lucy who can't stop lying. But please remember, this is a CAUTIONARY TALE in the same vein as The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Plenty of traditional fairy tales and fables contain unpleasant consequences for naughty children. These kinds of stories have been around for centuries and none of us are worse off because of them. But unlike the more traditional tales where someone gets gobbled up by a wolf, the main character in this story merely gets carried away atop a giant wave. My kids, age 7 and 3, LOVE this story as well as the other two books in the series. It's written in a tongue-in-cheek manner that even young children know is make believe. The illustrations are really cute, the story is fun, but the underlying lesson is a good one... lying can get you into a lot of trouble.