LISETTE'S LIE

🇬🇧 Description:

Lisette and her friend Bobbi the lizard have never told a lie. But they are eager to try—it might be fun! They tell Popof they are going for a trip to the mountains. When Popof decides to come too, they realise they’ll have to make the mountain. A liar needs to improvise.

In this funny story about imaginative play with friends, Lisette’s creativity and quick thinking make for a wonderful day out. Gently exploring the differences between storytelling and little white lies and the importance of good intentions, this picture book is ideal to read aloud with preschoolers. With illustrations that convey a range of mood and emotion, the animal friends are brimming with personality and childlike playfulness.

Reviews:

Valckx’s prose is delightfully droll. Her characters may have feathers, a tail and a trunk, but they sound and act like children we know.
There is a fable-like quality to the story — though, unlike Aesop, Valckx turns the moral on its head. The New York Times

"Valckx has a writing style that seems to revel in obliqueness and gentle surrealism."―Financial Times

The illustrations are simple with the use of a unique color palette, seemingly conveying the message of simple values told with a unique twist. Kelly B, Netgalle