I Help

by Joe Cepeda (Author)

I Help
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: I Like to Read

When a boy finds a canteen, he finds his superpower-helping everyone he meets!

From Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Winner Joe Cepeda, this Level C book is perfect for new readers.

When a boy finds a canteen in his garage, he finds his superpower--helping everyone, from the postman to the local birds.

I walk.

I see a dog.

help.

Very simple text and fun pictures support comprehension in this delightful book, ideal for new readers just starting out. Easy to read and brightly illustrated, this is a perfect book to read on their own!

Other books in this series: I Hop (a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book), Up, I See, and I Dig, featuring the same curious, excited brothers exploring the world around them and celebrating the diversity of everyday life.

For readers who have mastered basic sight words, Level C books feature slightly longer sentences and a wider range of high-frequency words than Level B books. Level C books are suitable for mid-to-late kindergarten readers. When Level C is mastered, follow up with Level D.

The award-winning I Like to Read (c) series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own!

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Helpful!

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1--A young child is on a quest to be helpful. On the first page, the child finds a canteen, then fills it with water and heads out for a walk. Along the way, many folks and critters benefit from the water that is shared from the canteen. The sweet community presents many ways for the main character to help. Diverse characters of all ages grace the pages of this story. The welcoming and ever-smiling child is clearly pleased with their role in the neighborhood. In the final scene, the child and a sibling have made lemonade using water from the canteen and offer it free to everyone. Each page has only one short sentence. VERDICT Bound to be a success for beginning readers, this early reader is full of the repetition needed for introducing basic sight words. A great choice for libraries needing basic introductory early readers.--Linda Annable

Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Review quotes

This early reader's thoughtfully controlled vocabulary makes it accessible to the newest of new readers. Throughout, Cepeda's energetic, warm depictions of the characters provide context clues to help emerging readers. . . Helpful!—Kirkus Reviews

Joe Cepeda
Joe Cepeda is an award-winning illustrator of more than thirty-five books for children. He has illustrated books written by numerous notable authors, including Gary Soto, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Arnold Adoff, Monica Brown, Julius Lester, and Toni Morrison. Joe is the author-illustrator of Rafa Counts on Pápa and several early readers from the I Like to Read series, including Up, I Dig, I See, and I Hop. He received his B.F.A. in illustration from California State University, Long Beach, and served as the president of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles for over a decade. Joe lives in Southern California.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780823453931
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication date
October 17, 2023
Series
I Like to Read
BISAC categories
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV011030 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Conduct of life
Readers (Primary)
Readers
Readers (Publications)
Helpfulness
Helping behavior

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