Can You Help Me?

Can You Help Me? looks at how we can overcome obstacles and solve problems with the help of friends. Farmer Dan sets off for the market to sell his cabbages. The road he travels along is bumpy and littered with rocks and stones. Along the way, his cart runs over a big stone and one of the wheels come off. This causes many of his cabbages to roll onto the ground. He asks a man to help him, but the man is late. He asks a girl to help him, but she is in a hurry. Then along comes an old woman with a walking stick. She kindly asks Farmer Dan if he needs help. He feels that the woman is too old to help him. However, the woman is kind and clever. She uses her walking stick to lift the cart off the ground. Farmer Dan is able to put the wheel back on his cart. In return for her kindness, Farmer Dan gives the old woman a lift to the market and also cooks her a delicious meal of cabbage soup!Themes: Problem solving, Overcoming obstacles, FriendsFeatures of the Book:¢ The information contained in illustrations¢ Content words for discussion: farmer, cart, help, wheel¢ Phonics and phonemic awareness: words with the ee digraph and long /e/ sound (wheel, need/needed)Fiction. Paperback. 150 x 200 mmReading Level: 12-14