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.

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.

Copy provided by Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

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.