Though not a bad concept it was a largely unfunny book. I hadn't ever heard most of these lies, and a lot of the ones I had heard were reversed for a funny image (for example, eating spiders in our sleep was reversed to spiders eat people in their sleep). The art was fine, but this really just fell flat for me.

I don't think I've ever been told any of these, though I did like the idea of space penguins. A fun little picture book.

The premise of this book is that we sometimes tell our children little white lies. I get it, however, most of the material presented in this whimsical book didn't cut it for me. A child can relate to thunder sounding like angels bowling. True. (A monster can be caught, bagged and sent to another town. This white lie is one is mine).... but...if you don't eat your veggies, they will eat you? I can imagine this untruth creating a child's complete aversion to vegetable consumption.

Despite some laughable illustrations, "Lies We Tell Our Kids" by Brett Wagner was disappointing.

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This book is amusing and probably something I'd let a middle-age child read. Some of the topics are a bit dark but funny for an adult.

I thought that this book was ok, I can honestly say that as a child I hadn't been told many of the 'lies' mentioned! 3 stars from me for this one, some of the illustrations were really good

Thank you to Netgalley, Animal Media Group, and Brett Wagner for the chance to read and review this ARC;

I am beginning to garner a great affection for the products from Animal Media Group, for a kind of beautiful humor, one thinks they know what is but then becomes inured within, laughing and grinning and seeing yourself in it, everytime you open the covers of their books. Lies we Tell Our Kids was another similar collection in their vein.

I totally smirked and grinned through a lot of these. I had heard a small handful of them, but an even greater assortment of them I found grinning at utter believing these were used on children but never hearing them or using them myself. You truly take a second to realize how much children believe the stories we hand them for the "what it I don't" aspect of doing the important tasks we give them.

This collection isn't meant for deep soulful thoughts and the art is rudimentary, but you will find yourself enjoying both for the simply joys they are both meant for, so don't let either idea hold you back. Buy one for yourself and the monster under your bed, who most certainly wishes to learn how to read.

You can't convince me any otherwise now.

This book is quircky although I had never heard of the majority of the "lies". Some made you think on why they would be told to children but a few did bring back memories of my childhood and what I told my daughter.

It was a fun read, you have to read it with a bit or irony and humor. One or two of the lies my mom told me, and it was nice to see them included. I hoped for more of the "universal" lies tho, in order to relate to the book more. Most of these lies I can see babysitters telling the kids just to have them stop asking questions. Thinking of this while reading the book made me laugh.

A few of the lies were over the top, and I would like to see more "nice" lies in stead. But maybe this is the charm of the book?

This was not a book I would normally pick up. The artwork was good and illustrated the authors thoughts perfectly. Although I didn't recognize several of the lies I thought some were humorous.

While I can't fault the artistic design of this book, which has really wonderful illustrations, the actual 'lies' are just that – lies. They're not what we tell our kids. Who has ever said Abe Lincoln used a VR headset, or that frostbite comes from ice-cold wolves? They're lies to the extent that they're meaningless statements. Only a couple of the entries – if you cross your eyes you could end up stuck like that, etc – are real, sensible fibs to pass on through the generations. So this amounts to really easy-on-the-eye claptrap, but claptrap none the less. I dare say the full book says these lies have been crowd-sourced, in the same manner as Fran Krause elsewhere picks up on dreams and weird nightmares people send her, but this doesn't feel quite so valuable an exercise, even if – to repeat – the artwork is superlative.

We all know that there are a few things that our parents told us--lies that were meant to stop our questioning or acting out. This book covers more of those than I ever remember hearing my parents tell me--a coconut tree can sometimes grow owlets? What?! Some of the lies that the book points out are a little scary, like a rabbit finally developing a hunger for flesh--but the majority are hilarious and take a lot of imagination from the parents that provided them.

Along with each lie---maybe we should call it an "explanation" and give our parents the benefit of the doubt, a bright illustration is provided.

Hilarity abounds with this book.

I thought this book would be a bit of a laugh for my grandchildren but having just read it myself I don't think I will share it with them. Only two of the lies were like anything that I would ever have told my kids or had told to me. I am acknowledging that it may be a sense of humour difference but I really didn't like this book - sorry!

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A quirky book that has some beautifully drawn pictures that illustrate the lies perfectly. Some of the lies I had previously been told but some of them were new to me. An easy read that made me laugh and think about some of the lies I'm now telling my grandchildren.

Maybe I just wasn't into it because I've never told my kids any of these lies, nor were they ever told to me as a child. A couple of them made me chuckle but that's it. Maybe someone who grew up with these fibs or use them on their kids would appreciate the humor, but it was lost on me.