helpfulness

Defines what it means to be helpful and provides examples of ways children help.

Poetic verse gives examples of ways in which people bring about peace by doing things to help and care for one another and their world.

A self-centered little donkey that ignores the requests for help from several animals later finds himself in need of assistance. Includes two pages of facts about donkeys.

When Justin Zeckendorf is teamed up with two of the smartest girls in his fourth grade class for a good deed contest, his zany ideas almost cost them their chance to win.

Suggests ways of caring for other people and being helpful to family members, friends, and others.

Text and pictures present ways preschoolers can be helpful to others.

Raymond, in an effort to escape doing chores for his mother, decides to try using the comic book device of writing "meanwhile" to transport himself to a different location, and finds himself in all sorts of dangerous adventures.

Roscoe Riley, upset with the notion that his teacher could get in trouble, comes up with a plan to keep the bee antennae on the first graders' heads, and help the drummers stay in their seats for the open house play.

Jack does not always appreciate his little sister's assistance, but comes to understand why she likes helping when she needs an extra set of paws to build her entry in the Shady Woods Snowman Contest.