Billy and Ant Lie: Lying: 4 (Billy Growing Up)

Suitable for 7 to 9-year-old boys and girlsLies are told for a number of reason but most often to avoid getting into trouble. Help your child realise why telling the truth is always the better option in the long term.Billy Field and Ant Turner mess about on their way to school and stop to buy sweets. They arrive late and to cover up for their misdemeanour they tell their form teacher a lie. As always there are consequences. When the police turn up at school investigating a robbery Billy and Ants lie is discovered. Do Billy and Ant get into trouble? What are the consequences of their lying? Will their parents or others be able to trust them again? Billy And Ant Lie is the fourth title in the Billy Growing Up series. Each book addresses a unique topic--bullying arrogant pride jealousy lying stealing lack of self-belief understanding money and secrets. Written to help parents guardians and teachers deal with the issues that challenge pre-teen children; each topic is presented in a gentle way through storytelling. Setting the issues in a meaningful context helps children to understand the challenges and to see things from a different perspective. The books act as icebreakers allowing for discussions of difficult subjects. Additionally each title is supported by a free activity book to reinforce the learning while having fun.Buying this book today will assist your child in appreciating the impact of telling lies and how others can become negatively implicated.