When Kip Slater buys truthpaste instead of toothpaste, he and his friend Herbie soon realise the sensational possibilities of the purchase. They plan to feed the truthpaste disguised in a cake to the guest of honour at their school Speech Day but, unfortunately, the headmaster eats the cake first. David McKee`s delightfully comic illustrations perfectly capture the mood of his hilarious, fast-moving story about the dangers of always telling the truth. `a delightful, telling little piece of adolescent wish-fulfilment'-Observer `funny and vigorous' -Time Out.

 

 

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published in 1998 by Andersen Press Ltd .

Hazel Townson was formerly Chief Assistant Librarian in charge of work with young people in Bury, Lancashire. She now devotes her time to writing and for years has been going into schools and libraries to talk to children about writing. She has chaired the Lancashire Children's Book Award for 16 years.