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| By Darren Farrel Published in 2003 |
This book was almost like a play. There was a narrator and then the characters in the book. It all starts when Doug-Dennis and his friend are bored and decide to go to the circus! There Doug eats ALL of his friends popcorn, but when asked about it he denies and just tell an itty-bitty lie. This turns into another lie, and another, and another, until Doug is so far up in the sky with all the other lies. Some are big and some are small, and some are just goofy. While there he realizes he doesn't like it too much and misses his friend. The only way down though is to tell the truth.
This book is great to read to kids to show how lying isn't a good thing. How one can lead to another and give a snowball affect. For younger children this would be great since it is an easy read, they could read along with you. Also when kids are younger they tend to lie about smaller things as to not get in trouble. Not saying they are the only age group that lies but it will happen.
I really did not like the illustrations in this book. I'm not a fan of when pictures make animals look unproportional and scary kind of like in this book. With that being said since it does have a great underlying relatable message about lying I would use this in my classroom. For example while reading this allow we can talk about if the students think it was good for him to lie? What would they have done? Also as the lie keeps getting bigger do they think he should keep going or stop? Before reading that he has to tell the truth to get down, maybe have them express their ideas of what he should do.
Here is a great website for this book!
This book is great to read to kids to show how lying isn't a good thing. How one can lead to another and give a snowball affect. For younger children this would be great since it is an easy read, they could read along with you. Also when kids are younger they tend to lie about smaller things as to not get in trouble. Not saying they are the only age group that lies but it will happen.
I really did not like the illustrations in this book. I'm not a fan of when pictures make animals look unproportional and scary kind of like in this book. With that being said since it does have a great underlying relatable message about lying I would use this in my classroom. For example while reading this allow we can talk about if the students think it was good for him to lie? What would they have done? Also as the lie keeps getting bigger do they think he should keep going or stop? Before reading that he has to tell the truth to get down, maybe have them express their ideas of what he should do.
Here is a great website for this book!
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