What a lovely short story all about the consequences of telling lies. This would be a great story to share with children about how telling the truth is important and how things can escalate if we don't. As a primary school teacher I would love to read this with my pupils!

The illustrations inside this book are amazing. My 6 year old had been very confidently telling us stories that he says are true but he doesn't know. Thus story helped him understand a bit more but still allows him to keep his imagination and tell wonderful stories

A sweet story of a boy and his desire to fit in with his peers. He tells a little fib to seem cool and it quickly grows, his desire to be liked helping to feed it with more little fibs until it's just out of control.

A lovely tale that's easily understood by young children on the power of a fib and how quickly they can escalate and get out of control. Helped by those around him he manages to see the consequences and puts things right. My little boy loved reading this with me and enjoyed them artwork immensely. A fabulous treat for us both

What do you do when a lie becomes to much to manage?
In our main character Pepe's case, you continue to lie until it becomes a big scary green monster that threatens your entire class with it's sharp teeth and big eyes. Pepe's class is doing show and tell, where Pepe feels self conscious of the homemade comic book he brought. Instead of telling the truth, Pepe says he brought his Fib, a creature with "horns like a ram, claws like a bear, wings like a bat, eyes like an owl, and a tail like a lions". His Fib then becomes alive, growing more and more dangerous the more lies he tells his teacher and his classmates. How will Pepe be able to stop the Fib from destruction?
I really enjoyed this book, and the concept. Fibs are small lies that the majority of people have told, and the message that fibs can be dangerous is one that is important for young readers to learn. The personification of the Fib is fun in illustration style, and makes for interesting conversations with students about their feelings and how they treat the lies/fibs they tell.

Awesome book! The creativity of the author is admirable, and that creativity also showed in the personality of the main character, Pepe. I really liked the idea of a lie being a monster that grew and grew the more lies that were told. This is so clever and fairly unique, which makes this book special. Additionally, the chaos and growth was shown very well in each and every illustration. The illustrator is very talented, and that talent made for a highly immersive and lively story. The plot and organization were great, and everything made sense...except for one little thing. At the beginning, Pepe puts a comic book into his backpack because he's embarrassed of it, and doesn't want to share it at show-and-tell. I would have liked this to come in at the end of the story, to really help bring everything full-circle. I think that Pepe sharing his comic book creation would have been a nice way to fully tell the truth, and it allows the beginning to come in again later. Other than that, though, this is a really good book to teach little ones not to lie.

An endearing story about the lies we tell out of insecurity. The illustrations are full of colour and the text is heartwarming, definitely would have loved this story as a kid.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-ARC.

A great and well-written story by Pedro Iniguez about the consequences of lying; and also the support given to kids to share the truth. The concept of "fibs" is shared so well with the words and the gorgeous illustrations by Nathan Kwan. The art is beautiful with all the textures, bright colors and expressions! I really enjoyed this.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Fabulously delivered, this is a simple story about the way fibs can grow out of our control! I loved the way the writer acknowledges the creative empowerment small children feel through fibbing and the sense of loss in admitting to fantasy and embellishment. As a parent, this is an enormously helpful book to discuss why even small lies can lead to bigger trouble.

A story about a fib that gets seriously out of control. When a young boy doesn't know what to show his class for show and tell he makes something up, and continues to grow his story until it gets our of control before learning to tell the truth.

Well, okay, alright. alright. Cute story about a child who is embarrassed of his drawings and comes up with a lie to conceal his true moment of embarrassment.
Then the fib grows, gets out of hand and finally resolves.
A great concept/premise with lovely illustrations.
The ending felt rushed, and some lines were on the nose even for a picture book. With tight editing, this could be a better experience.
But certainly, worth the read, good morals, imaginative and lovely characters.

I enjoyed this book and for me that is always the most important thing.
The illustrations were spot on, matching the story and taking us along with the words.
There was a clear message in the story but it was written in a way to be enjoyable first and a lesson second.
A modern cautionary tale about the effects of lying and telling the truth.

This was a great way to tell about the concept of fibbing and explaining it to children. I like that the story was simple but effective and interesting.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. This is a wonderful resource for children to help them understand the power of a lie, or "fib", and that words have to ability to hurt people.

This book centers around a young boy and his chosen show-and-tell item. The boy quickly loses control and learns a valuable lesson about honesty.

I read this book to my daughter and overall she enjoyed the book but may be too young to understand the key message. She really enjoyed the illustrations of the book and how the "pet" was portrayed and acted. It was highly colorful and she has gone through the book multiple times just looking at the pictures.

The story is fairly simple and leads to a good lesson in the end but it just felt like it ended abruptly. Could be a great book when covering a unit on honesty but I'm not sure my daughter will want to read it again anytime soon.

Such a cute kids book. I loved the message of not telling small fibs because they can grow to something much bigger and scarier. The author did a good job of not making the monster too scary. My 6 year old loved the book! 3-2 year olds were less interested but liked the pictures.

This little picture book is so well done. What happens when you tell a little lie to try to keep from being embarrassed, but then keep adding to the lie? It gets bigger and bigger and more and more dangerous! The kid in this story is so likeable with such a big imagination. This is a wonderful story to talk about why telling the truth is so important. Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

There's something so lovely and so intriguing about a children's book that features a child with an imagination bigger than the world.

THE FIB follows Pepe, a second grade boy who is afraid to show his hand drawn comic book during his classes' show-and-tell. Instead, Pepe finds a ball of lint in his pocket, makes up a wild little fib about it, and it grows completely out of control.

What I loved most about THE FIB was the monster- it was green fuzzy, and its composition was made of several creatures, and it completely took over Pepe's world, both physically and emotionally. Growing along with the size of Pepe's own fib, the creativity of the monster is really brilliant.

The writing is phenomenal- for a young reader, it's easy to follow, repeats itself, and offers quite a bit of descriptive writing that can lead to a deeper discussion about imagination, It really taps into the fear young children (and anyone, really) feels about fitting in, saying the right thing, and the measures we'll take to feel accepted within a group. Beyond the story on the pages, the writing feels personal, real, and very relatable. Within a classroom setting, THE FIB would be excellent to start discussions about fibs, fitting in, and how we can feel valuable as individuals as well as how to make others feel valuable.

The illustrations are wonderful. I read the story with my daughter and she loves when the fib grew in size, but she also liked when the fib got smaller and smaller. She's a big fan of things that are scary, and for a young child, THE FIB offers the perfect amount of monster and horror that will help a child who likes scary things experience a small amount of monster without being too much.

The Fib is a wonderful picture book to share with children. The lesson of telling a "fib" is hard one to navigate, but the author and illustrator have delivered a beautiful book with a great lesson.

The Fib was very well illustrated children’s book about telling fibs. I found it to be very easy to understand and I think children will enjoy the read. This will be a great addition to classrooms to teach the importance of telling the truth.

Such a cute picture book! Making a graphic of how one small lie can grow so huge and overwhelming was a great choice! A great teachable moment book.