You Can Be Helpful: Step Aside or Pitch In?

Charlotte and Evan can’t wait for the Independence Day picnic. But a storm blows down branches that block their grandparents’ road, and they can’t go until it’s cleared. Would you pitch in and help clean up? In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending picture book, Charlotte and Evan have to choose between playing and helping their grandparents clean up after a storm. What will they do? Readers make choices for Charlotte and Evan and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes four different endings and discussion questions.

Expressive illustrations and the power to choose your story support social-emotional learning and decision-making for kids, making this an excellent book to spark discussion and encourage kids to pitch in on work.