Asking for Help 9781728403502, 9781728423180, 9781728418346

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Asking for Help

Katie Peters

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Asking for Help Katie Peters GRL Consultants, Diane Craig and Monica Marx, Certified Literacy Specialists

Lerner Publications

Minneapolis

Note from a GRL Consultant This Pull Ahead leveled book has been carefully designed for beginning readers. A team of guided reading literacy experts has reviewed and leveled the book to ensure readers pull ahead and experience success.

Copyright © 2022 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Lerner Publications Company An imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com. Main body text set in Memphis Pro 24/39 Typeface provided by Linotype. Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of: © chengyuzheng/Getty Images, p. 3; © Lorado/Getty Images, pp. 14–15; © PeopleImages/Getty Images, pp. 8–9; © Prostock-Studio/ Getty Images, pp. 4–5, 16 (knife); © RyanJLane/Getty Images, pp. 6–7, 16 (milk); © Studio1One/ Getty Images, pp. 10–11; © yacobchuk/Getty Images, pp. 12–13, 16 (raincoat). Front cover: © chee gin tan/Getty Images Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Peters, Katie, author. Title: Asking for help / Katie Peters. Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2022] | Series: Helpful habits (pull ahead readers people smarts - nonfiction) | Includes index. | Audience: Ages 4–7 | Audience: Grades K–1 | Summary: “Show young readers where and when to ask for help: when something is too heavy or sharp, while in a pool, or while crossing a street. Pairs with the fiction title Help, Please!”— Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020015583 | ISBN 9781728403502 (library binding) | ISBN 9781728423180 (paperback) | ISBN 9781728418346 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Help-seeking-behavior—Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC HM1141 .P48 2021 | DDC 158.3—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020015583 Manufactured in the United States of America

Table of Contents Asking for Help . . . . . . . . 4 Did You See It? . . . . . . . . 16 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Asking for Help

4

The knife is sharp. I ask Dad for help. 5

6

The milk is heavy. I ask Mom for help. 7

8

The shelf is high. I ask Dad for help. 9

10

The water is deep. I ask Mom for help. 11

12

The zipper is stuck. I ask Dad for help. 13

14

The road is busy. I ask Mom for help. 15

Can you think of a time when you asked for help?

Did You See It?

knife

milk

raincoat

Index

16

Dad, 5, 9, 13

Mom, 7, 11, 15

knife, 5

shelf, 9

milk, 7

water, 11

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