honesty

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honesty

The skull of truth

2002
Charlie, a sixth-grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth, causing some awkward moments before he understands its power.

Touchdown trouble

2009
Sam is proud that his touchdown in the final play of a game left his football team undefeated, but when a videorecording of the game reveals that the touchdown was scored illegally, he and the other Cowboys must decide whether to reveal the truth. Includes facts about a similar situation faced by Cornell University's team after a game with Dartmouth in 1940.

The book of one hundred truths

2008
While visiting her grandparents in Port Harbor, New Jersey, thirteen-year-old Theodora lists one hundred truths that she discovers while baby-sitting her younger cousins.

Being honest

2008
Defines what it means to be honest and provides examples of ways children are honest.

Owen Foote, super spy

2005
Owen and his friends learn the consequences of knowing too much when they decide it will be a fun challenge to spy on the school principal at his own home.

Tell a lie and your butt will grow

2002
Zack's science fair partner, Andrew, has always boasted and told lies, but now each time Andrew fibs his butt gets bigger, and Zack must find a way to help before their science project is destroyed.

King Bob's new clothes

1996
A humorous variation on the fairy tale classic has vain King Bob duped by two con artists into wearing expensive invisible robes and includes a selection of recipes fit for a king.

Mary Marony and the chocolate surprise

1995
Mary decides it's all right to cheat to make sure she wins a special lunch with her favorite teacher, but the results of her dishonesty end up surprising the whole second-grade class.

Honesty

1981
Examples from daily life characterize honesty.

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