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