A cautionary tale for children everywhere to warn of the perils of behaving badly and not doing what you're told.
Title: Don't Tell Lies, Lucy
Series: Cautionary Tales
Author: Phil Roxbee Cox
ISBN: 0746097190
Language: English
Publisher: Usborne
Released: 30th June 2004
Classification: Fiction
Type: Picture book
Themes: moral, right & wrong
Billy bullies his classmates, Lucy tells her family lies and Jack takes whatever he wants. See what happens to each of them in these amusing cautionary tales that warn of the perils of behaving badly. A cautionary tale for children everywhere to warn of the perils of behaving badly and not doing what you're told.
I purchased this book sight-unseen. What I was hoping for was a basic book to read to my students about how lying can impact others and the way they see the person who tells the lies. Up to a point this book does do a great job...until the ending. I can't think why they would have an ending of Lucy being swept away because she told lies. Some kids might think it is funny but I don't. I don't feel that it adequately address the consequence of telling lies well. Young children may even worry that this might happen.
It is a book with good intentions but it just misses the mark. If you are looking for a book with this type of moral then go back to the
Boy Who Cried Wolf as at least the consequence was logical to the story.
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