


Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Elina Ellis. Text copyright © 2017 by Christianne Jones. It works for Miles, a very observant chick ready to tattle on you! But sometimes it takes losing all your friends to make you change your outlook. It is a shame Miles had to hit rock bottom before he learned to stop tattling on his friends and fellow students. Young children will like the friendly, adorable wild animal-students. Miles McHale, Tattletale makes a good read aloud for schools and libraries. Repetition will help readers remember this rule. “If a friend is sick, hurt, or in harm’s way, This is to remind them when telling is okay and when it’s merely tattling. She has the children memorize a sort of motto (or rule), for the Tattle Battle. Peer pressure can be powerful, but is it enough to help Miles stop all his tattling? Miles still cannot stop himself from tattling. The team with the least number of tattles wins extra recess time. “Kale is scratching his arm.” “Landon (an ostrich) is standing on one foot.” Miles’s tattling becomes so troublesome at school his teacher love this devises a game to get everyone to stop tattling. Miles McHale, Tattletale will have young children laughing at the crazy tattles Miles tells his teacher, ironically named Mrs. Miles habit of tattling doesn’t stop when he goes to school. In the store, he tattles on a young hippopotamus in the midst of picking his nose. Miles McHale, an adorable chick, has an un-adorable habit of tattling on everyone, whether he knows the other animal or not. But will the Tattle Battle help Miles learn the difference between TATTLING and TELLING?”
