Dishonesty: Resource List

Books for Children

Ages 4 to 8

• A Big Fat Enormous Lie; by Marjorie Sharmat; Puffin, 1993
• Berenstain Bears and the Truth; by Stan Berenstain; Random House, 1983
• Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big; by Berkeley Brethed; Little, Brown, 2003
• Eli and His Little White Lie; by Goldie Golding; Mesorah Publishing, 1997
• How to Behave and Why; by Munro Leaf, Universe, 2002
• It Wasn't Me: Learning About Honesty; by Brian Moses; Wayland, 1997
• Let's Talk About Cheating; by Dolly Brittan; PowerKids Press, 1997
• Oh, Brother! Someone's Fibbing!; by Betty Birney; Golden Books, 1997
• Pinky Promise: A Book About Telling the Truth; by Vanita Braver; Child & Family Press, 2004
• Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie; by Laura Rankin; Bloomsbury, 2007
• Some Tell Stories; by Thierry Robberecht; Clarion Books, 2007
• The Tales of Tango: The Sticky Situation; by Sally Atkinson; Tango's Grove Publishing, 1998
• Telling the Truth; by Althea; Gareth Stevens Pub, 1998

Ages 8 to 12

• Dealing with Lying; by Lisa K. Adams; PowerKids Press, 1997
• Harriet the Spy; by Louise Fitzhugh; HarperCollins, 1987
• Honest-to-Goodness Truth; by Pat McKissack: Aladdin, 2003
• John Patrick Norman McHennessy: The Boy Who was Always Late; by John Burningham; Crown, 1999
• True Lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge; by George Shannon; Beach Tree Books, 1999
• The Children's Truth-Control Book; by Adolph Moser; Landmark Editions, 1999
• A Question of Trust; by Marion Bauer; Scholastic, 1994

Young Adults

• Taking It; by Michael Camum; Viking, 1995

Books for Adults

• Childhood Lying, Stealing, and Cheating; by Foster Cline; Love & Logic Press, 2000 (Audiobook)
• Why Kids Lie: How Parents Can Encourage Truthfulness; by Paul Ekman; Penguin, 1991