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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
There’s a difference between tattling and telling. Do you know what this difference is? In Stacy Byous’s Tattle Tails, siblings Skylar and Brodie are constantly tattling on each other. When they take their tattling to school and start tattling on their classmates, the tattling really gets out of hand. Mom and Dad try everything to explain the difference between tattling and telling because tattling is really just about getting someone in trouble and hurting them in the process. What they need is a Tattle Tail, a stuffed toy they can talk to and share their tattles with to see if it’s worth taking further. Will it work? Will the siblings’ constant tattling come to an end?
Stacy Byous’s picture book, Tattle Tails, is a great resource to encourage young readers to avoid tattling and to know the difference between tattling and telling. The language is simple to help young readers easily follow along and to improve their reading skills. The author effectively uses different fonts to bring out the key points and add some zest to the plot. As the plot develops and intensifies, the introduction of creative incentives like the stuffed animal, Tattle Tail, brings the siblings closer together and makes them respect each other so they can cooperate and make their home much more pleasant. The illustrations by Maddie Kimber are bright, bold, and colorful and add an extra dimension and lots of excitement to the story. At the end of the book is a useful “How to Use this Book” section, which gives some ideas for interactive activities to further the learning incentive. A beautiful and intensely effective way to teach young readers about showing respect by not tattling.
