Short stories for raising kids who value the importance of honesty. The diverse MVP Kids learn to tell the truth in this helpful character education resource. Includes discussion guides for parents & educators. Explore why children lie and understand emotions that motivate lying in this short stories collection. Empower young readers to consider consequences, encourage others & protect the truth while still caring for others. On Take Your Child to Work Day Liam, Julia and Frankie travel to work with their parents. Liam goes to work with his mother who is a pediatric doctor at a children's hospital. Julia plays soccer with the high school varsity team her father coaches. Frankie goes to the police station where his father is a police sergeant. Each child is faced with real-life situations outside of a typical classroom setting and the decision to either tell a lie or be honest. The stories feature healthy interactions with parents as a resource for talking about lying. This book features a range of children, and diversity is shown in positive ways with characters that span various cultures, ethnicities, family situations, physical challenges and more. Readers of all backgrounds will see themselves in these pages while learning to value the diversity within their own community and being exposed to differences from around the world. About the Help Me Become series The Help Me Become series hardcover and paperback books promote character growth for children ages 4-10. Each book helps kids deal with real-life social situations like bullying and bad sportsmanship while learning to keep promises, be responsible, tell the truth, and more. Each title in the series features three stories starring MVP Kids and includes a Think & Talk About It section to coach parents & educators. About MVP Kids Families with a diverse range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds drive the inspiration for child education and social emotional learning. MVP Kids enables real-world kids to address the challenges in their lives through story-based character lessons where the kids interact at school, in social situations, and in their communities. MVP Kids board books enrich preschool readers while hardcovers and paperbacks focus on school-aged children. Each MVP Kids book includes extensive coaching information for parents and educators that promotes character education, wise decision-making skills, and social and emotional learning.