Can We Help? Kids Volunteering to Help their Communities

Reviewed by: Patricia Temple - Long Island Community Library, Long Island, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 8, 2015

Review

The book starts with an encouraging, short introduction that presents possible ways children can help others in their community. The author proceeds with a more in-depth presentation of ongoing projects involving knitting hats for homeless shelter clients,various food pantry tasks, working with assistance dogs, mentorship and environmental community service. Each project is clearly described and amply photographed. The photographs show children of various ages working on actual organized projects, which will make it easy for young readers to imagine themselves doing similar things. This book serves as a good, broad introduction to the concept of community service. The lack of back matter, listing further print or web resources limits the book's usefulness

Overall Book Score: good