Mahtab Narsimhan
Honesty Is a Superpower
A gentle, character-driven lesson on integrity that avoids preachiness by showing the immediate social cost of lying versus the relief of truth.
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by Christopher Denise
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 350L · 2022
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Picture book · ages 4–8 · 350L · 2024
A quietly powerful picture book about immigrant experience told from a kid's perspective—no tragedy, no lessons hammered, just the dignity of being rooted in two places at once.