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Children's Fiction Friendship

How to Fix a Lie

by (author) Nancy Wilcox Richards

illustrated by Annabelle Metayer

Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Initial publish date
Apr 2012
Category
Friendship
Recommended Age
7 to 9
Recommended Grade
2 to 4
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781443113526
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $5.99

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Description

Two classmates learn an important lesson about trust and honesty.

Everyone is getting excited about Pioneer Day in Abby's Grade Three class, except for Abby. She has been partnered up with Gracie, an unpopular girl who is known as a bit of a liar.

Abby tries her best to extend her friendship, but Gracie continues to tell one tall tale after another, leaving Abby unable to tell when Gracie is actually telling the truth. When it's finally Pioneer Day, no one believes Gracie when she says she's bringing in a real pioneer.

But Abby and the rest of her class are in for a big surprise ... teaching all of them an important lesson about judging people unfairly. Meanwhile, Gracie begins to realize that she doesn't need to make things up to be an interesting and worthy friend.

A wonderful novel for emerging readers from Nova Scotia-based author Nancy Wilcox Richards, author of How to Tame a Bully and How to Be a Friend.

About the authors

 

Les livres de Nancy Wilcox Richards sont largement
inspirés de ses expériences d'enseignante. Nancy aborde des thèmes qui
touchent particulièrement les jeunes du niveau primaire comme
l'intimidation, l'amitié ou l'entraide. Nancy habite en Nouvelle-Écosse.

 

Nancy Wilcox Richards taught elementary school for a number of years. She is the author of How to Tame a Bully, How To Outplay A Bully, How to Handle a Bully, How to Be a Friend and How to Fix a Lie, as well as the Farmer Joe series of picture books and We're All Friends Here. All are published by Scholastic Canada Ltd. She lives in Hebbville, Nova Scotia.

Nancy Wilcox Richards' profile page

Annabelle Metayer's profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada)

Editorial Reviews

Praise for How to Fix a Lie

"How To Fix A Lie is a great story of friendship and the struggles that often come with peer groups and social settings. The characters are believable, and any young reader would be able to identify the "Gracies" or "Abbeys" in their own lives." —Resource Links

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