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Truth and Consequences
A sixth grade girl almost ruins her relationship with her best friend until she learns to temper her honesty with a little tact.
101 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 1975
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January 5, 2026
Ah, memories…
I first read this book after ordering it from a school Scholastic book order. You know, those forms that teachers would send home, and then you got to pore over three or four pages filled with books you just had to have! Then, upon returning the detached order blank, with money that you got by negotiating with your parental units, to the teacher, the wait began. “Did the box come today?” was a repeated phrase guaranteed to make an educator want to scream. (I know, because I wanted to when my students asked me that as a teacher!) When that big cardboard box finally appeared on the teacher’s desk, it had to sit there, temptingly, until the end of the school day. (Because any teacher worth their salt knew better than to open that box earlier and expect any school work to be paid attention to!) I wonder if kids today get this experience?…
Anyway, on to the book review.
This one turned out be a book with “ lessons” that stuck with me for years, after many re-readings.
Kim’s dilemmas about honesty were relatable to me, as a child and later as an adult. Who hasn’t struggled at times when tact was called for, but was difficult to express? And also with the “tangled webs” that come with “little white lies”, that roll off the tongue and quickly become traps.
Then, there’s the issue of, “Should the little kid be told the truth about Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, etc.?” The scene in which Kim’s neighbor gives her advice about honoring people’s trust about such things is heart-warmingly written. I remember feeling a sense of relief after reading it!
There was even an opportunity for an art lesson embedded in the text! I would not have felt the fascination I did upon seeing “Christina’s World” in an art gallery as an adult, had I not read this book.
Lastly, I must say I always enjoyed the artwork. To me, the illustrations resembled realistic, beautiful photographs.
So, there you have it; my take on a fifty-year-old book, that will never go out of style or be too old-fashioned for me!
I first read this book after ordering it from a school Scholastic book order. You know, those forms that teachers would send home, and then you got to pore over three or four pages filled with books you just had to have! Then, upon returning the detached order blank, with money that you got by negotiating with your parental units, to the teacher, the wait began. “Did the box come today?” was a repeated phrase guaranteed to make an educator want to scream. (I know, because I wanted to when my students asked me that as a teacher!) When that big cardboard box finally appeared on the teacher’s desk, it had to sit there, temptingly, until the end of the school day. (Because any teacher worth their salt knew better than to open that box earlier and expect any school work to be paid attention to!) I wonder if kids today get this experience?…
Anyway, on to the book review.
This one turned out be a book with “ lessons” that stuck with me for years, after many re-readings.
Kim’s dilemmas about honesty were relatable to me, as a child and later as an adult. Who hasn’t struggled at times when tact was called for, but was difficult to express? And also with the “tangled webs” that come with “little white lies”, that roll off the tongue and quickly become traps.
Then, there’s the issue of, “Should the little kid be told the truth about Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, etc.?” The scene in which Kim’s neighbor gives her advice about honoring people’s trust about such things is heart-warmingly written. I remember feeling a sense of relief after reading it!
There was even an opportunity for an art lesson embedded in the text! I would not have felt the fascination I did upon seeing “Christina’s World” in an art gallery as an adult, had I not read this book.
Lastly, I must say I always enjoyed the artwork. To me, the illustrations resembled realistic, beautiful photographs.
So, there you have it; my take on a fifty-year-old book, that will never go out of style or be too old-fashioned for me!
July 26, 2016
First learned about "Christina's World" and Andrew Wyeth from this book, so definitely read sixth grade-ish. And I really wanted to see that dachshund pin.
Re-read May 2002.
Re-read January 2013.
Re-read May 2002.
Re-read January 2013.
January 8, 2026
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