The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Hamilton, Tim

The Big Fib

24 pp. | Holiday | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2939-4 $14.95

(3) K-3 I Like to Read series. A boy fibs about the mess he made while playing with his elderly neighbor's discarded boxes, and she poignantly enters his fantasy world to understand. This book combines readability and repetition; a multifaceted plot about imaginative play and intergenerational friendship; and a moral about honesty. New readers will enjoy seeing the contrast between reality and imagination in the bold, slightly wacky illustrations.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth