After reading this book I am pretty sure neither my parents have told me these lies, nor have I, or will I, ever tell my kids these. I don't think I even knew what a narwhale was until I was in my twenties

I loved these lies and the illustrations that accompany them, but I want to know who are the parents that concocted these lies. Some of them are scary and all of them are pretty far out there.

A sweet collection of lies accompanied by amusing illustrations.
Lincoln fighting the Civil War in VR or Communist Red Pandas?
Would making an amusing gift.

First, I doubt there are any parents that have told half of these lies. These are not lies like "Oh, put your tooth under your pillow and you will find money in the morning sort of things." No, these are lies like "Washington was the first president to fly in space." I can't even imagine telling that lie.

I think this book is going for humor, trying to find things that are outrageous, such as "It's illegally for a koala to work as a banker in Australia." And I admit they are funny, but I wouldn't have titled the book what they did. Perhaps calling it facts that we make up, or some such would have been more accurate.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

The book is very cute a few days hints I have said Tommy children an few that I have heard others say, most I have not heard before. Illustrations were great and fit well with the text. I would recommend this book because it is cute but most of the lies parents tell Thier kids did not make any sense to me.

It's a very cute and fun book. For parents to be or parents, it would be so sweet to read those lies. Some of them we have heard of, and some of them are not familiar, but it shows the "white lies" that parents created for their kids hoping that there will be a story in the kid's mind. It shapes something.

It would be a nice gift for people who are expecting kids or parents, grandparents that are already looking back in their lives.

Cute illustrations of "lies" told to kids. I haven't heard most of them, but it was still a cute little book.

I think this one missed the mark for me. There were a few funny ones but honestly I've not heard of any of these lies and to what purpose would you tell kids this?
I was expecting some relatable white lies that parents tell their children to get them to behave, but I came out pretty disappointed, which I think is the general view point, from some of the reviews I've seen.
The illustrations are pretty awesome though, but it was just too quick and too silly for me, I think.

This book wasn't my cup of tea, but I don't think a 33 year old mother is exactly the intended audience. Reminiscent of the "Grossology" series by Sylvia Branzei, this title seems aimed more at boys ages 7-10. The illustrations are quirky and humorous and the sayings are downright weird. Overall a funny book, perfect for the amusement of the right demographic.

Well this was totally weird, not for children as lots of the images were a bit graphic, not at all what I was expecting in any way - it started with lies I actually have told my children, but then moved to things that I haven't and I can't believe anyone does... and then just got stranger by the page! I'm not even sure what to say about it as I'm still a bit bemused. The illustrations are very well done, but not really my thing...

The illustrations in this book are outstanding! The color and whimsy really caught my eye and my funny bone. But having said that, the majority of the 'lies' didn't seem to fit the description given for the book. I expected the lies we tell our chikdren to be those that motivated kids to perform a task, discontinue a poor habit, keep them from fidgeting, etc.. In stead most were simply silly little lies, and some weren't silly, but scary. I probably wouldn't read this to my little one (even IF he's now eighteen).

It's a cute book for children. I can imagine a 7 or 8 year old telling his friend, "see I told you, this was all lies" .

This book was essentially...fine. A few pages made me giggle. The illustrations were really well done. But it just sort of fell flat for me. I've never heard of any of the "lies" show cased - and I've heard some weird ones - save for 3 or 4. A lot weren't even particularly funny or sensical. It wasn't the worst thing or anything like that, but I didn't particularly care for it.

Not sure I get this book...is it a book of memes? The Lies in the book are really out there and none of rang true or familiar to me. I did recognize one, at least. Perhaps I didn't get the spirit of the book.

This is not at all what I was expecting and didn't in any way exceed those expectations. I anticipated a funny, laughable book for parents, and what I found was a bunch of confusing examples of things that parents may tell their kids - but they were so far-fetched and not at all relatable. It was a short read, but even the illustrations didn't improve the experience.

A bizarre and unusual concept that should be laugh-out-loud funny, but was let down by some of the lies, which were bizarre to the point of being weird. About 80% had to have been made up (please note, I'm British and I make that comment from a Brit perspective); many of the obvious ones were missing (again, from a Brit perspective) and some were a little scary.
On the plus side, the layout was fun and the pictures were cute. A great book to give to new parents... on what to never say to a kid unless you want to scar them.

I absolutely loved the animations in this book they're really quirky and cute. This book genuinely made me LOL especially the sunwoofer page I have a two and three year old and although I wouldn't lie about something that would scare or hurt them I don't mind a little white lie now & again. I've never actually thought about it until reading this book but it really makes you think

I loved the idea behind this book, and the illustrations and layout are absolutely fantastic. However, only a handful of the 'lies' are things that I have ever heard, such as 'if you cross your eyes they'll stay that way' and 'if you pick your nose your finger will get stick'. The rest of the 'lies' seemed to get more and more obscure. This lead me to question who the target audience is for this book - if it's for adults it's not quite funny enough, and would be read in 10 mins and that's it. If it's for kids (which was my initial impression), some of the lies told are more likely to instil fear into children than allow them to see the funny side. Want to give your kid an aversion to sleep? Tell them the monsters will get them if their fingernails or on show. Or their vegetables will eat them if they don't eat them first. I can just see these ideas doing more harm than good. So for me, this book seems to fall into a grey area where there is no obvious target audience, as it's certainly not for kids, and doesn't do enough for adults. Perhaps it's meant to be a 'toilet' book, you know those books that some people have in their bathrooms for people to browse whilst they spend a penny?! Who knows. I really do love the premise of it, but maybe it just needs a bit of refining.

Hilarious and charming. I was entrenched from the first picture to the last words.