helpfulness

Messy Bessey shows herself to be a true friend and a good guest when she helps to clean up after a messy birthday sleepover.

As the seasons change, a family shares both fun and chores in their yard.

The Pee Wee Scouts are worried when Mrs. Peters is called out of town, leaving them with no one to help plan their big Halloween party, but after a couple of disastrous substitutes, they finally find a leader who has a plan for a great celebration.

In order to raise money to protect the Hawaiian monk seal, Kanani sells shave ice at the beach, where she meets Tutu Lani, an elderly neighbor, and discovers the seals aren't the only ones who need help.

When Captain Squint and his band of pirates are sentenced to do a good deed, they have problems figuring out just what that means.

In the not-so-pretty house where she lives with her dad and bunny Snowball, Annie plans to make some changes in the decor with the help of her next-door neighbor and cousin Henry and his big dog Mudge.

Arthur wants to spend his Saturday playing with his friends and hanging out in the treehouse, but his parents need him to help with chores around the house.

Introduces the short "o" sound through a story about Foxy Fox, whose work-shy ways may cost him his job at the store.

In a homonym-filled tale reminiscent of "The little red hen," a monkey asks for help moving a stack of bananas so that he can bake a pie.

In three separate stories, children help adults solve problems related to food, first by saving a restaurant from being shut down, second by untangling a mess in a spaghetti factory, and finally by selling donuts to raise funds for a stolen car.