Zak
has been warned by his parents not to tell lies. Any more fibs and he won’t be allowed to go
to the park. When faced with difficult
situations, what will he do. The book
follows throughout his day as he finds himself at various junctions faced with
a choice – tell the truth about a situation and face the consequences or lie
and avoid getting into trouble.
On
telling a lie he finds himself getting caught out, making his situation worse or
backfiring and causing even bigger problems for him. Eventually his sister gets the blame for his mischief
and he has to decide whether he wants to own up or let her get into trouble.
The
illustrations are simple and in muted colours with the focus on expressive
faces.
The
family portrayed in the book are a lovely, wholesome family with positive role
models in the parents. Zak is mischievous
and at times very silly, he reminded me a little of my younger son. My three and five-year-olds enjoyed having this
book read to them, my 11 year old son whizzed through it himself, curious to
see what it was about.
The
book focuses on some beautiful hadith and ayah from the Quran about
truthfulness including: “Nothing in the earth and in the heavens is hidden from
Allah” (Quran 3:5), I liked that all of the Quran and hadith mentioned are summarised
at the end of the book with sources.
An
entertaining read, I hope that children pick up the message about truthfulness
woven throughout the story.
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