A quick-read, this book was a great page-flipper illustrated with the lies we are told as kids.
Now, the book has some cultural context in which is it based (for example, some famous personalities mentioned there make it a less-than-global read). But overall, a fun read. It is the kind of book you'd take a page off and put it up on your wall.

This book was absolutely hilarious and so so true! I was in tears laughing about this quite a few times! I would recommend this book to anyone who has children in their lives!

'Lies We Tell Our Kids' by Brett Wagner is a book collecting the sort of lies that parents tell kids.

There are about 50 sayings in this book that are acompanied by drawings. I confess to not being familiar with a lot of these (like stinky feet breed dragons, or the monster under your bed just wishes she could read), but there were a few familiar ones. The book ends with some based on presidential figures.

I don't know who this book is designed for, but some of the sayings and drawings would be a bit scary for children. Overall, I liked the illustration style, but the book is a very quick read.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Animal Media Group and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

*Thank you to Brett Wagner, Animal Media Group LLC, and NetGalley for this ARC!

A fun book that definitely makes you think about the cutesy lies your parents told you! There were lies in here that I have definitely been told, but also some new ones that I have never heard before. Beautiful and eye catching illustrations mixed with some pretty funny lies makes this a great gift or coffee table book!

Funny collection of little white lies with humorous illustrations. This would be fun for families.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Weird, disturbing and I’ve never heard more than half of these little white lies. Also very short. I didn’t care for this book much at all.

Thank you for allowing me to read this book. I thought it would be more detailed, with anecdotes and stories, but it was just quotes. I thought there would be much more substance to it.

The premise of the book seems fun, and I was thoroughly looking forward to it.
I only found one lie ("if you cross your eyes, they get stuck that way") that I actually knew about, and I wouldn't tell any of the ones mentioned in the book to an actual child. They seem very far-fetched and made up just for the purpose of this book.

The illustrations are fun, which is why I gave the book 2 stars.

NetGalley kindly have provided me with a copy of this book.

***Thanks to the publisher and #NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***

I have never heard of most of these "Lies We Tell Our Kids." While somewhat humorous, I found this more disturbing than anything else.

I would like to thank the publisher for giving me a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I did not really like this as it read more like sayings you hear while growing up.

This was a quick illustrated read and although I really enjoyed the illustrations, a lot of the "lies" seemed entirely made up. Some made me chuckle, but most seemed far-fetched and too unbelievable even for a child.

“If you pick your nose, your finger will get stuck up there” (8). A few of the ‘lies’ this book offered made memories of my time working in Pre-K flood back quickly. Others I was left thinking...’what?’ or ‘hm?’ because 1) I’d never heard the ‘lie’ before and 2) it didn’t really make sense. An example would be, “Beavers play hockey with a literal biscuit” (84). It was really all something that I either knew, had heard of, or didn’t have a clue. I loved the companion artwork though.
Thank you publishers for the opportunity to read this book!

This was a quick, quirky little book. It took me no longer than 10 minutes to read it. The book is comprised of a number of statements/lies and an accompanying illustration. Some of these are definitely lies that I've heard of parents telling their kids (if you pick your nose your finger will get stuck in there) but some, not so much (Penguins can't fly because they come from outer space so they only know how to float). Maybe they are a lie someone told their kids but they aren't very commonplace.

I found some of them amusing but there weren't any true "laugh out loud" moments for me.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
Thanks NetGalley!

A quirky book about lies/fibs/tall tales we tell our kids to get them to do something.
a bit of humor and sarcasm.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The book talks about some common lies parents tell their kids which are illustrated. Some of those lies were outright weird, I have not heard any of those. Did not like the art or the humor (Apparently) in the book. Would not recommend and would not give it to any kid. There's a thin line between whimsical and weird, this I think was off at several places.

This is a short, humorous book of pretty accurate tales we tend to tell our kids. There were a few I actually used with my three, now adult, children.

I loved the idea of this book, but it seemed marketed as a novel, not a picture book.

I was disappointed in this book, but not in the book itself. I was expecting something different from the blurb about this book. I thought it would be a series of lies parents tell their children, and then a story or background or joke or… something. This is a picture book for adults, with pictures to accompany each “lie”.

I never heard of most of these “lies”, and would have loved to hear where the author heard them.

If this had been marketed as a picture book, I wouldn’t have any expectations going into it. If I hadn’t any background of the book, I think I would have enjoyed it.

Honestly don't remember requesting this. However it wasn't a total waste of time.

This was a total 'WTF' book. A majority of these lies I have never even heard of, and those that I have heard were from the internet.

What the hell is wrong with these adults?! Lmao

Are they that dead-set on fucking up their kids.? I mean, I'm Hispanic and we have are own sayings that are a right-of-passage to learn of growing up. But they aren't this superficial, and/or grotesque. And the illustrations were seriously amazing and surely gave me asco.

This book has a great title and premise but it wasn't particularly funny. I have to admit that I am just a bit disappointed.

It combines some well-known colloquialisms with vivid and beautiful drawings as well as drawing some truly bizarre and creative conclusions. I feel that each segment could easily amuse readers thinking of how some of these lies could be physically achieved.