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Laura Rankin touches on an important childhood issue of lying with gentleness and humor, offering a reassuring look at how standing up for the truth can help cut even the biggest mistake down to size.Ruthie loves little things-the smaller the better. So when she finds a teeny tiny camera on the school playground one afternoon, she can hardly believe her luck. She wants to keep the camera in the worst way, but there's one little problem: It isn't hers. Ruthie swears to her teacher and to her classmate Martin that she got the camera for her birthday. But deep down, Ruthie knows better, and all day long that teeny tiny camera weighs on her conscience until she can hardly stand it. How could one little camera turn into such a great big problem?

The things that Ruthie loves best are tiny. She relishes the minute and when she finds a teeny tiny camera in the playground at school she just has to have it! Even if that means telling a lie to everyone and saying the camera is hers. But lying does not come easily to Ruthie and soon she is facing up to what she has to do to put everything right again. A perfect read-aloud book for all children, who have been tempted to bend the truth, or not!