Why Should I Help?

Why Should I?

by Claire Llewellyn, Mike Gordon (Illustrator)

Helping around home and at school develops a child's sense of personal accomplishment and responsibility. It's an important part of growing up. Titles in the enlightening and entertaining Why Should I? series of picture storybooks answer questions that younger boys and girls are likely to ask about a wide range of topics. Part of every child's development consists of asking questions about themselves, their friends and neighbors, and their surroundings. Why Should I? books help them discover good answers. Kids will be attracted by the amusing color illustrations on every page, and parents and teachers will appreciate the note at the back of each book offering further suggestions on answering children's questions.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Paperback

First published January 17, 2002

About the author

Claire Llewellyn is a prize-winning author of non-fiction for young readers – in 1991, she was shortlisted for the prestigious TES Junior Information Book Award for Take One: Rubbish – and in 1992, she won that award for My First Book of Time. Since then, Claire has written more than 100 children’s books on a wide range of subjects. Ask Dr K Fisher About Animals was shortlisted for the 2008 Royal Society prizes for Science Books Junior Prize.

Reviews

[Anne Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little Scholastic early reader seeks to build altruism in young people by pointing out both the many tasks that others perform that don't benefit them alone as well as the times others have benefitted the main character who is wondering why she should help. With a "feel good" ending that shows our reformed child remarking how helping others makes her feel good, I couldn't help but get the uncomfortable feeling that a child raised to expect this will be a bit dashed on the occasions when someone who is helped shows no appreciation for the effort made.

Teaching children that doing things for others without expectation of reward is a good thing, but perhaps a bit of reality should be tossed in as well so that the child recognizes that the only true reward is their own sense of having done something good, even if that gracious act is met with total disregard or even hostility as is occasionally the case in real life.

[معصومه توکلی · Rating 3 out of 5]

عنوان ترجمه ی فارسی: چرا باید به دیگران کمک کنم؟

[KhiN’Millie Friesen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes it's hard to stop and help. But it is good to help others and they help you. That was nice that everyone had helped them. Now when the dog and they fell down someone came. Sometimes Mama I don't want to stop playing to help Millie. I will help. - Khi 3

[Megan Biter · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of a series that should be considered for every child, this addition focuses on the importance of helping others and provides lessons for every young readers.

[Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

2021
Gift from Harper's grandmother

[Deidra Chamberlain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Words were fine, illustrations were not. I felt the book had a great concept and did the bare minimum with it.

[Brooke Prothero · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a great book for the kids. It goes through how annoying it is to the little girl for a mom and dad to interrupt her playing to ask her to clean up, or to help set the table, etc. And how frustrated she feels about ALWAYS having to help. But then the father talks with her about the many times she has needed help and how everyone stops their day to help her. It fully illustrates the importance of being there for each other to help and to make our days go better. I love this book. And my kids love it too. It is a great one. My boys are 3 and 6 and both of them get a lot out of it.

[Molly Robbins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is PERFECT for reinforcement for your students how the importance of helping others. It builds good character, and it teaches children that there are other people around us, and that it is not always about you. You could do an extension activity by having the kids sequence the times where the main character needed help throughout the book. You could do a writing activity and have the students make a list of different ways they help/could help others. It is a good book to read as a beginning of the school year and/or end of the school year activity.

[Faith Barron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why Should I Help writeen by Claire Llewellyn is a story about a little girl who does not want to help because she just wants to do the things she wants to do. Throughout the story the illustrations show all the different scenarios the little girl goes through. As the story continues the little girl realizes that everyone needs help, even her. This book is wonderful to read to younger children just entering school to show that helping a friend is always the right thing to do because one day you might need help and that friend will be there, just like you were there for them.

[Ashley Greenfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book to help teach responsibility and the importance of helping others. Kids will get a laugh out of it. Great for primary kids.

[Toni Guyton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent social story for young kids.