Would I Ever Lie to You? by Caralyn Buehner

Would I Ever Lie to You? Reviews

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  Rose Blamires

  Poetry. This book wasn't one of my favorites, but I believe it served its purpose. The rhyming was fun in the text and told the story well! I think I just wasn't a fan of how strange it was, although I feel like children would really enjoy it!
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  Adeline Miller

  A cute and funny book with great rhymes but not ideal for teaching kids about honesty. The story does a great job showing how you can't trust anything a liar says and it always leaves you double guessing but the main character lies in the end to get back at his cousin who always lies to him.
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  Katy Jean Vance

  Hahaha! Recommended by the lovely Elaine, I really enjoyed this dinner of a picture Book, where the “bully” gets his in the end. It’s all good hearted fun and delightfully rhyming, but there’s also an opportunity to think about how to play with words.
  
  This would be a really fun read aloud.
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  Deanna

  This is a darling story. The kids love it.
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  Joy

  Delightful story written in rhyming/poetry form with great illustrations. We used this book for a lesson on telling the truth & being honest. The kids(5 & 6 years old) loved it!
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  Andrea

  Funny, silly rhyming book kids should love!
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  Alice

  Cousin Ed is a real tease that says outrageous things. Nobody is ever really sure what to believe. Cousin Ed tells his boy cousin things like your head is shrinking, or you could die if you eat a piece of poison pie. After visiting the zoo, Cousin Ed says his cousin looks like one of the monkeys. The boy isn't sure if all these things are true. So, he tries a piece of the poison pie to find out. What will become of him? This picture book has amazing illustrations and rhyming words, that make the book fun to read over and over again.
  
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  Auburn Library

  This book is such a fun read aloud for elementary school!
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  Megan Cureton

  Cousin Ed always teases to the max! The young cousin never knows what to believe from Ed. One day, Ed told him not to eat his pie, or he would die. Another time, Ed told him he hatched from a green egg in the cabbage patch, told him his head was shrinking, about the alligators in the room, and that he was going to live with the monkeys at the zoo. There were some things Ed was right about though. Like Aunt Mary, with no teeth, and his mom having eyes in the back of her head. But the boy caught on to Ed about the poisonous pie when Ed said he would eat it first. So the boy took a bite, and afterward, he pretended to be poisoned, and fell out of his seat and acted like he died but he was teasing Ed now for all the times Ed had teased him. I love how the text in this book puts emphasis on certain words by making them get bigger and bolder and really stand out on the pages. There is even one page talking about how he fell out of his seat and the text slanted downward. I thought the images on the pages were really nice and detailed. I would put this book in my library in my classroom for my kindergarteners probably through third grade. This book just is light hearted and gives the children something to laugh at and have some fun with. I would explain to the children that teasing and making stuff up isn't the right thing to do before they read the book, so they know not to do what the book says. I enjoyed this story and it kept my attention the whole time.
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  Beth

  I read this book to 6th graders as part of an introduction to the Nevada literacy standards that address literary plot, characters, and theme. Together, we identified the sequence of plot (including the difference between plot as a mathematical term and a literary term), the characters in the story, and theme, or "lesson learned" in the book.
  
  I discussed the difference between theme and main idea with the language arts teachers in my school. All LA teachers seem to agree that these concepts are challenging to differentiate.
  
  I love our statewide NYRA program because we identify the "best of the best" for reader's choice and quality literature for children.
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  Dolly

  This is a hilarious story about cousins. The older cousin is always telling stories to the younger one, and the younger cousin never knows if he can believe what he hears. It's a great story to read aloud and the illustrations by
  Jack E. Davis are terrific. We were thrilled that our nephew and niece were visiting when we read this, so all of the cousins got to hear the story together. Our girls loved the cat that was part of most of the scenes and I liked the rhyming narrative. We all really enjoyed reading this book together.
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  Gail

  The pictures in this book are charming- it wouldn't be the same without the artist showing the story with each picture. A boy thinks his cousin tells him lies and worries about each one- he doesn't quite know when he is telling the truth and when he isn't. In a turn of events, the boy gets even with his cousin. Quite a lot of fun. Do you remember when you were young and someone told you something- it frightened you or made you scared and you worried and worried and worried. Then one day, you find out it just wasn't true and you feel kind of silly for all that worrying? Well- here is the story for you.
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  Christine

  Fun! Fun! Fun! This is a great read-aloud. The students can all relate to someone who is a big tease. I loved their faces at the end when Ed's cousin gets back at him.
  The votes are as follows: Loved it=212, Just okay=3, Didn't like=10. (There are always those students who like to vote different!)
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  Amanda

  I read this at the library, but my husband ended up reading it to our 3 1/2 yr old. He said he didn't think it was a good story, although I thought it was a way to look at what the consequences of lying could be. The illustrations are cute too. Maybe more suited for an older kid who understands the concept a little more.
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  Shelley Douglas

  This poetry picture book tells the story of Cousin Ed and his elaborate lies. Cousin Ed is always teasing the narrator. Most of the things are just too strange to be true, but every once and a while some of his stories are true (like Aunt Mary having no teeth).
  Genre: poetry picture book
  Copyright: 2007
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  Charlee Jackson

  This book was funny, full of jokes and unrealistic.
  I liked the pictures, they made the story better.
  I liked the part at the end when the main character tricked cousin Ed.
  The picture of the family in the car is funny because the dad's glasses and mom's hairdo are funny.
  The picture of Aunt Mary and her teeth popping out was funny and gross.
  It is hard to tell if cousin Ed is lying or not.
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  Tanya

  Seven year old gets it, not so much the three years old, though it seemed funny to him anyway. I like that my seven year old can see examples of what is lying/teasing, which has been an issue in her class as the kids struggle to understand what is teasing, imagination, lying, and that the lines between these things is blurry. Subtleties to learn.
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  Becky H.

  Cousin Ed is always teasing. So when he says the pie is poisoned should I believe him? I didn't so I ate it and I died--Would I ever lie to you!! Wonderful illustrations that really show the character's feelings and will keep children interested. Good to teach kids about lying.
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  Amy

  A strange, irritating book that will remind you of that cousin you used to HATE visiting when you were little. I didn't relate to this book at all, hated the main character, didn't see a good moral, and just felt all bothered and frustrated when it was all over.
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  Kennedi

  I love this book. It's a cute, fun-loving story about the little competitive edge that kids have - especially within a family. It's all about a little boy who gets teased by his cousin Ed, but in the end Ed gets a little taste of his own medicine. I definitely recommend this book to all.
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  Eileen

  Rhymes. Cousin torments boy with far fetched tales, but there's a clever ending.
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  Lucia

  This is a fun book to read aloud with predictable poetry that helps kids participate. I love the goofy illustrations.
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  Karen Walsh

  This is a really cute kids book - my boys want it read over and over again!
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  B

  JP Told in rhyme with big, wonderfully goofy pictures, this rhyming tale tells of a young cousin being bamboozled by his older cousin, until... For younger elem.