The one and only Sparkella and the big lie

Channing Tatum

Book - 2023

"Sparkella is excited for her first playdate with the super cool new kid at school, Wyatt. But she's worried that all of her toys and games at home are too old, too homemade, or too un-cool, so she decides to 'borrow' a shiny racecar from her best friend, Tam, without asking. When Tam is upset that her car is missing, Sparkella feels bad, but she can't seem to make herself tell the truth about taking the toy. To make things right with her friend, it'll take a little help from her dad to learn the importance of honesty and taking responsibility when you make a mistake." --

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Subjects
Genres
Children's stories Pictorial works
Picture books
Published
New York, NY : Feiwel and Friends 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
Channing Tatum (author)
Other Authors
Kim Barnes (illustrator)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN
9781250750778
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Actor Tatum's effervescent heroine steals a friend's toy and then lies about it. Thrilled about an upcoming play date with new classmate Wyatt, Sparkella considers her own sparkly stuffies, games, and accessories and silently decides that he'd be more interested in her friend Tam's remote-controlled minicar. While she and Tam are playing together, Sparkella takes the car when Tam isn't looking. Tam melts down at school the next day, and Sparkella, seeing her "bestest friend" losing her sparkle, feels "icky, oogy, and blech." And when Wyatt comes over, he turns out to be far more entranced by glittery goods than some old car. When Sparkella yells at him--"WYATT, YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH THIS CAR RIGHT NOW!"--her dad overhears and asks where the toy came from…and along with being a thief, Sparkella turns out to be the worst. Liar. Ever. She eventually confesses (her dad forgives her), apologizes (ditto Wyatt and even Tam), and goes on to take part in a three-way play date/sparklefest. Her absolution may come with unlikely ease, but it's comfortingly reassuring, and her model single dad does lay down a solid parental foundation by allowing that everyone makes mistakes and stressing that she is "never going to be punished for telling the truth in this house." He and Sparkella present White, a previous entry cued brown-skinned Tam as Asian, and Wyatt has brown skin in Barnes' candy-hued pictures. (This book was reviewed digitally.) An awesome-tastic invitation to have or share thoughts about bad and better choices. (Picture book. 6-8) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.