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Sir Tim is a cute character. I'm sure children will relate to the story of Tim not wanting to tell the truth and get in trouble. The story flows well and the pictures are adorable.

This is a cute book that teaches kids that telling the truth is the best answer. Even little lies can get to you and make your tummy hurt, so telling the truth will keep the guilt away.

Sir Tim is a young boy who loves to take on the persona of a night. When he is not being honest with himself and others he gets a rumbling tummy. It is the secrets causing problems. His smart mom knows what is causing the problems and helps him make the right choice. I loved the illustrations and the easy to understand text. The relationship and actions between Tim and his mom are honest and realistic. I had one huge niggle with this story and it is the fact that Tim is not keeping secrets, but he is telling lies or untruths. When I read this story to my grandson, he immediately said that Sir Tim was lying. That is wrong, he needs to tell the truth. The lesson of honesty is clear and easy for a child to understand, but I want to use the word.

Sir Tim has a cape that gets ripped at the playground. He tells his mom, his friend Max did it. She gives him a treat to share that he eats all up when she is not looking, and then says the dog did it. Yes, Tim’s secrets are his lies. They give him a tummy ache and he eventually confesses. There are lots of books on kids learning not to lie. This one will just go in the pile with all the others.

Sir Tim Has a Secret is a charming book about the importance of honesty.

Tim tells several lies to his mother over the course of the book, but ends up telling her the truth when he feels bad (and not just from the lies). I liked that it showed consequences to lying, but not in the form of punishment. It also illustrated coming clean about your lies.

The writing would make it awkward to read aloud to a group (doesn't flow quite right for me) but is excellent for thinking about honesty!

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4.5 stars.
This is a really cute story about a little boy (Tim) who loves to play at being a Knight. He tears his cape at the park and instead of telling the truth about how it happened he blames it on his best friend. Then another thing happens at home and he blames the dog Max for it.

I love the way Mum explains about keeping secrets and telling lies and how she subtly gets Tim to tell the truth.

This is an adorable story. I would rate it 5 stars but on one of the pages it says Mum takes Tim by the hand but she has her hand on his helmet on the illustration.

I requested and received an e-ARC of this book from Judith Koppens and Clavis Publishing through NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was a good book explaining lies and why it is better to tell the truth to small children in a fun way. The illustrations were sweet.

This sweetly illustrated picture book is one in a series of stories about Sir Tim.  In this one, Tim has told some lies.  Gently, the story helps young listeners to understand that it is important to tell the truth and that it is okay to make mistakes.  This book could help parents to open an important topic for discussion with their toddlers and pre-schoolers.


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Honesty is the best policy and Sir Tim, the wanna be knight, has to learn that very valuable life lesson through experience.

Sir Tim has a red knight's cape that he adores and it is on him constantly. One day while playing with his friend Max at the playground he flies down the slide and accidentally snags his cape on a nail and it rips. When mom asks him what he did to his cape Sir Tim blames the tear on his friend Max. Oh my that is a dishonest answer.

Mom tries to cheer him up by offering him a beautiful slice of strawberry short cake that she has whipped up to share together later. Tim perks up significantly and can't wait to indulge in his favourite cake. Mom leaves for a few minutes to gather up the groceries from the market that she has left in the car.

Temptation overcomes Tim and he decides to eat just one little red strawberry. Yum! Tasty! Then he loses total control and scarfs down the whole cake! What will his mom say when she discovers the cake has totally disappeared? Will Tim make up another falsehood to cover up what really happened or will he be honest and tell her the truth?

I love stories with a moral. Moral messages shape and make people better as they journey through life. I like when mom hears Tim's truth. She handles it not as a punishing moment but as a teaching moment. Her reaction to her little boy in meltdown mode is sweet, caring and relatable. The author makes this important value clear and easy for kids to understand. I highly recommend this book.

Thank you for giving me a chance to read this book beforehand.

It's rare nowadays to find a polite kids. Now where did they go? This book is a good tool to help kids remember their manners, this one about lying. No good comes from not telling the truth and the adults know. And the knowledge should be passed on in a gentle manner, through this book, for example.

It's a good story, about Sir Tim that has a secret, which means he lie to his mom cause he was scared.

Mom just listen to him, and not correct him straightly , but eventually Sir Tim confess and all good

This was such a sweet children’s book to read, Sir Tim had some things happen and he chose to lie about how the incidents came about. This was a great lesson for children to see how telling the truth and being honest is the best all around. A short but beautifully illustrated children's book.

Little Sir Tim is out playing at the park when he accidentally rips his cape. However, when he goes home and his mum asks him how his cape became ripped he makes up a story about his best friend causing his cape to rip rather than tell the truth.

His mum believes his lies and then shows Tim a cake she has gotten for after their dinner. When his mum leaves the kitchen, Tim can’t help himself and eats the whole cake blaming the cake eating on his dog. But will mum believe his lies this time too?

I’m a great believer in the fact that you need to teach kids discipline, manners, and honesty from a young age as it is so much easier than trying to instil these things as they get older. One of my biggest pet peeves is lying and I’ve explained to my children that telling the truth is always so much harder but also so much more rewarding than telling a lie because you do get a sense of relief afterward and that it is good to be seen as honest not someone who lies for no reason.

This book is a good example of the little lies that children tell. However, whilst I do think the meaning and the idea behind the book are very worthy, I’m not sure about some of the wording. Is it too PC these days to call a child a liar because that’s what a person who lies is? Also when Tim got a stomachache from eating all the strawberry shortcake the stomachache magically disappears when he has told the truth, this just wouldn’t happen. He has stomachache from eating too much cake not from being worried about lying.

Overall, I think it is a good start but I think parents/guardian’s need to make it clear to the child they are reading too that Tim did a bad thing and that he told lies and was naughty for doing so, as in my opinion as a mother of three, Tim’s mum is a little too soft on him.

I loved this book. Such a simple story, but so relatable. My three year old easily understood what was happening and could discern the right/wrong scenarios even at that age. Meanwhile, my 5 and 8 year olds were also able to relate to the story and the messages it told. I love when a children's book not only captures the attention of all of my children (spanning 5 years) but also has a strong moral message to share. This one hit all the marks.

'Sir Tim Has a Secret' by Judith Koppens with illustrations by Eline van Lindenhuizen is a picture book about a young boy who is trying to hide something.

Sir Tim loves his cape, but when he slides with it, and it tears, he knows he might be in trouble, so he blames his friend Max. When this seems to work, Sir Tim uses the blame idea to blame his dog. His mom knows something is up, and confronts Tim.

Telling the truth is important, and this book covers that, but it never calls what Tim does a lie. I had a problem with the softening of the message that way.

The illustrations are fun, although the dangers in that playground are kind of hilarious.

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Sir Tim has made a few mistakes today, and when he is asked about them he doesn’t tell the truth. A very sweet story that teaches us why we should tell the truth in a way that is relatable to younger children.

This book would be a perfect addition to a Kindergarten classroom. The illustrations are cute, and the story is sweet with the child learning a lesson about the importance of telling truths without scolding. I am looking forward to incorporating it into my unit lesson on manners with a four year old class of preschoolers.

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Wonderful book! I like how the mom doesn't overreact and how she makes it safe to talk. I think that this book highlights how easy it is to let a lie run wild and how its hard but necessary to come clean. Kuddos to Koppens!!

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This book was LOVELY! I want to buy a copy for my niece. Sir Tim learned the importance of honesty and how lying can have mental and physical effects on you. After he comes clean, he feels so much better. The story was simple, but well done and I think any child would benefit from reading it. Not to mention the illustrations were ADORABLE.

Sir Tim Has a Secret by Judith Koppens is a sweet book that illustrates the value of honesty to young readers. When Sir Tim rips his knight cape on the playground, one lie quickly turns into another, but his mom catches on and turns it into a teaching moment. The fun and beautiful illustrations will keep little audiences engaged for the moral of the story.
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This is an absolutely darling little book. I loved the illustrations and the clever mom who knows exactly what her son has been hiding. I loved the idea of secrets rumbling in his tummy. The interaction between the mom and little one are sweet, caring and believable. The lesson of honesty is clear and easy for a child to understand.

I would recommend this one for little ones under the age of 4.