Honesty

Ruthie is a little girl fox who likes teeny 

and ever so tiny things like dinky dinosaurs, and bears that are hardly there.  At school one day while playing on the twirling bar during recess, she finds a tiny camera in the grass nearby.

She starts clicking away til Martin comes up and says, "Hey that's my camera!"

Well Ruthie was thinking what a great find I have here, and now Martin has burst her bubble!

     She runs inside with Martin following close behind, to Mrs. Olsen their teacher.

Mrs. Olsen says, "It can't belong to both of you..." so she puts it safely inside one of her desk drawers til tomorrow.  Well, Ruthie can't concentrate for the rest of the day because slowly it dawns her she has lied and the camera is really not hers. By bed time she is beside herself with worry and when her parents sit down beside her on her bed, she confesses and tells them everything.

      Well, the next day she takes the long walk to Mrs. Olsen's desk to tell her the truth.  Ruthie has imagined that she will have to sit in a corner all day, or she would not have any friends left, or no one will ever want to be her friend again.  That, fortunately, is not what happens.  Mrs. Olsen kisses her forehead and thanks her for telling the truth.  The next page is devoted to Ruthie apologizing and Martin forgiving her.  The book ends with Ruthie sitting on the bus going home with a clear conscience, happy with herself and not missing that teeny tiny camera one bit.

What I Liked About This Book:

Classrooms can have sticky fingers sometimes, and this book gives us a window to look into a child's life and show them that  taking something that does not belong to you is wrong and doing the right thing makes you feel good about yourself.

This Book is for:

Kindergarten, First Grade, and maybe Second Grade