The Little Lie

Billie B Brown #11

by Sally Rippin

Billie has broken her arm! It's going to be the best story ever for Show and Tell. Especially if she adds in a crocodile...

Genres: Childrens, Friendship

48 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Sally Rippin was born in Darwin, but grew up mainly in South-East Asia. As a young adult she lived in China for three years, studying traditional Chinese painting. Sally has over seventy books published, many of them award-winning, including two novels for young adults. Her most recent work includes the highly acclaimed children’s novel Angel Creek and the popular Billie B Brown books, which became the highest selling series for 6-8 year olds in Australia within the first year of their release. Sally is Australia’s highest selling female author and her Billie B Brown books have sold more than 4.5 million copies in 14 languages.
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Sally is a popular presenter in schools and at literary festivals both in Australia and overseas and has a regular program on 3RRR interviewing children’s authors and industry professionals. She is a passionate ambassador for the 100 Story Building creative writing centre for marginalized youth and has mentored many emerging writers and illustrators. Recently, she and her partner co-founded Story Peddlers, a hand-made performance tent that packs away into a custom-built bike, with the aim of bringing back the art of the roving storyteller.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really cute book with the main character Billie, who has a friend, Jack(from the Hey, Jack series) Billie breaks her arm after trying to get an arrow on a roof and falling off the fence. She is excited about what the cast will do for as far as popularity. She starts "embellishing" the details. Jack hears her and is disgusted with her, so she comes clean at show and tell time. Cute pictures and bold words add emphasis.

The Billie B. Brown and Hey, Jack series are related and also written by the same author.

[Mya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an adorable story! The only reason I did not give it 5 stars was because I felt that the ending was rushed.

[The Book Squirrel · Rating 4 out of 5]

For children aged 4/5/6 who are learning to read, this series is excellent. The repetition, vocabulary, font size and layout are all perfect for this age group in extending their reading from levelled "readers" to the very beginning of "chapter books". These would also make fine read-alouds to 3/4 year olds who are not yet reading independently, but are gaining the skills to listen to longer stories.

In this book, Billie exaggerates (tells a fib) about how she broke her arm to be more exciting and get more interest. She realises that things aren't going to plan and has the courage to own up to making up stories and tells the truth. This story is a great lesson for kids that the truth is interesting enough, and you don't need to exaggerate or fib to get attention.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was okay, I liked the game that they were playing but when Billie shoots the arrow it lands on the top of the shed so she climbs the fence to get the arrow but she fell off and broke her arm. That part I didn't like so much. The lying part was funny. The lie was that she was rescuing her baby brother from a bad dog. By the end she learned to not lie. She said she was making up stories and wasn't doing a little lie.

[Sonya Bright]

As always, this is a very short little book, but it manages to pack a well-rounded story into a few pages.

Billie’s imagination runs away from her when she realises how popular she might be when she breaks her arm. Things become a little too … embellished.

But best friend Jack is always there to ground her and make her see sense.

[Calista · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 11th book in the Billie B Brown series by Sally Rippin, 'The Little Lie' sees Billie engage in a tall tale about how she broke her arm in the hope it will boost her popularity in the playground.

Another fun read with Miss 6, and one with an important lesson about friendship, honesty and consequences.

[Ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gave this story 5 stars because its a good story. It said you shouldn't lie and why lies are bad and hurtful.

[mylie · Rating 3 out of 5]

i don’t understand how they apologise so quick. i stay angry for so long bro

[Alessandra Daly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Billie B Brown books are good for 6-7 year olds.there are 20 in the first collection!
The little lie is about Billie going to school and she broke her arm! Ouch!
She tells a lie at school so everybody can sit next to her at lunch.It is
My favourite book from the collection!
Written by Alessandra Daly sweet dreams.😘😘

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

10-Sally Rippin, “Billie B Brown: The Little Lie” (​​Prahran, Victoria, Aust: Hardie Grant Egmont, 2011).
“'A lie is a lie,' says Jack.” (p25)
“Billie B Brown is lots of things. …
But most of all, Billie B Brown is brave. She knows what she has to do. She takes a big breath and walks into class.” (p33)

The 'Billie B Brown' series by Australian author Sally Rippin is a wonderful set of books helping young kids acknowledge and deal with their range of emotions that arise from various childhood predicaments. These books reinforce the positive outcome of good decision making.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

When carelessness causes Billie B. Brown to break her arm, she uses the break to impress her classmates and court popularity. When she exaggerates and distorts what actually happened, her best friend Jack is quite disappointed in her and doesn't want to have anything to do with her. Life lessons such as this one are worth discussing in class or with family members.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is great for beginning readers because of the layout of the text as well as the simple but interesting stories. In this one Billie learns that it is better to tell the truth.

[Sweetsweet · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't really like any of the Billie B. Brown. It's boring. I can rad it it in 1 reading time.

[Julie Grasso · Rating 5 out of 5]

We loved this book so much by Gigi age 5

[Kimberly Mikels · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a good book. I thought it was cool that she let everyone sign her cast.