Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!

When Alex, the new boy in first grade, tries to make others notice him with his boasts about rocket toys and ponies, his plan backfires.

The first graders don't like liars and refuse to have anything more to do with him.

However, on the day of the class Christmas party, he helps Jim look for his missing Christmas decoration, and is then given a chance to redeem himself.

Alex realises that it is not so difficult to make friends after all!Miriam Cohen's book deals sensitively with the challenges that children face when they begin social interaction at school.

Ronald Himler's new watercolour illustrations give the first graders distinctive personalities and provide a riveting picture of the everyday tragicomedy of a first grade classroom.