Amusing in small doses. Cute illustrations. Some of the "lies" are a bit far fetched.

Art is fantastic and descriptive titles are inventive. Based on description, I was expecting humorous stories or examples when the sayings were used. In any case, my favorite is, "FDR once said, "We have nothing to fear but bears by themselves.""

I expected this book to be funny but I didn't find anything funny in it. Maybe it is marketed more for the USA market as I had only heard one of the lies.

I thought some of the ”lies” were cute but the pictures were gruesome and kind of disturbing.

These lies are soooo tongue in cheek. Loved reading it. Recommended if you like reading morbid things.

A fun little read, illustrating all those little lies we heard as kids, and the ones we tell our kids today. Seeing them illustrated, you realize just how silly they all are. I'd recommend this one for the whole family - a good laugh.

This is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher.

Do not under any circumstances let this book fall into your children's hands! It's a highly whimsical and hilarious illustrated guide to the lies we tell our children to make them do things they otherwise might be lax or loathe in doing if we didn't scare the little pests into it!

If any children found this, the game would be up, and beleaguered parents everywhere would be disarmed! We cannot let this happen.

Some might even question the wisdom of committing these treasured secrets to paper in the first place, especially since there are relatively few of them, but there's a ready answer to that and it's not that trees are evil, although this is what we tell our kids to explain why we have a bark-load of paperbacks and hardbacks sitting in our personal library. I will think of the reason before this review is finished, I promise you!

So, if you ever wondered what the personification of the poetical "Mittens are made out of recycled kittens" or the creepy "The toothpaste ghost haunts your plaque" mottoes look like, then this is your go-to book. It covers all the common ones and many you may never have heard of. Indeed, some might question if some of these are really parental lies at all, but if they are not, then they should be, and anyone who disagrees will undoubtedly lose their car keys in the morning. Not that cars really have keys anymore in this electronic day and age, because the babies have swallowed all the keys! Yes!

I promised you a reason why this book had to be committed to paper. You'll kick yourselves when you read this, and probably pull a ligament doing so, because you know I'm right, and the reason is not the one you were thinking of: that your kids inevitably write on any blank paper they find, so the author had to cover the sheet with printing ink otherwise the kids would have vandalized perfectly good and pristine sheets. You know what I'm talking about!

No, the real reason - and this is backed by extensive scientific research - is that children cause Alzheimer's. You know it's true. You've been thinking this selfsame thing yourself - or you were, before you lost track of the thought. As soon as kids come around pestering you for something, you completely forget what you were doing. This is why we need these lies written down, and why we need to have this book handy, so we can speedily dispatch the kids out of our hair (for those of you who still have hair), and get back to what's most important in family life: making more kids!

So, I recommend this book for a fun read, and some pretty decent art into the barking.

The illustrations in this book are what makes it so great! They add to the humorous tone and explain some of the sayings. I would definitely recommend this book to some of the art classes to show students how drawings can convey meaning and humor while appealing to adults and children, no small feat. Many of the sayings I did not hear of or heard different versions, but I do believe that children around 9 - 13 will think this is hilarious. It is a quick read and can add a bright spot to your day.

This made me chuckle. There are so many of these 'lies' I was told as a child. A lighthearted read which shouldn't be taken seriously.

Quick and entertaining read! I loved the illustration style and page layouts. I hadn't previously heard of a lot of the lies so it was quite funny.

Really good observations about things I would have never thought about twice!!!! Accurate and I am actually guilty of many of these, lol

This book is a collection of lies that adults tell their kids, with illustrations of the said lies. I have to admit that I haven't heard of any of these. Certain lies mentioned here were to discipline the children into good and healthy habits and that made sense. What I don't get in this book is the point of certain lies that are deceptive for no valid reason. To me, this was a strange book because I couldn't really wrap my head around the whole idea of lying to kids. However, I did enjoy the art and the cute presentation of the lies themselves.

This is not what I expected. Unfortunately it left me disappointed.

The premise of the book looked good and I thought it would be funny and entertaining, however this did not happen and I don't really see a kid would enjoy it.

Maybe beacuse I come from a different country 95% of the "lies" mentioned I couldn't relate to, additionally the art work itself is not made for children it is more likely that a teenager or a young adult would appreciate.

It was a quick read though.

Thank you!

I expected a book of funny things that are commonly took to kids and illustrations to match. I got a taste of that but the majority were more obscure things that I've never heard told to kids but may have been something the author heard a friend or a friend of a friend or even another kid tell to a child. Some are funny, many are strange, but it was worth the quick read-through for the few little laughs that I got.

Very well illustrated. As for the written content I could only connect with half of the sayings as here in England there are many sayings that I would have swapped. All in all a great lounge book for a quick read and laugh. I wouldn't buy this for myself but great as a gift ..

A cute book that might be a fun gift for new parents or parents of young children. Some of the drawings are pretty cute and funny. If the price is right this might be a good small gift.

This sounded brilliant, but not for me. Some of the 'lies' made no sense, and are not something parents would ever say. It could have been a lot more relevant and funnier. A wasted opportunity here. The illustrations saved it from being a 2 star review.

Comprised of short offerings of wisdom and throw-away statements adults might make to children in moments of overwhelm, I found this book depressing. Perhaps I anticipated a much more literal approach, the humor of this piece was just not there for me. Overall it felt like an abuse of the trust kids place in adults to teach and guide them.

This book is the most hilarious, crepy picture book I have ever read. Hopefully parents will not read it to their children but it had every library employee laughing hysterically. Wonderful book for a good laugh in your day.