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How to Help When You Really Want to Help

By Davina Bell
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A heartwarming and tender look at some of the big and small ways we can make a difference in the world, from the team who created the multi-award winning and bestselling What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say and What to Do When... Read More
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A heartwarming and tender look at some of the big and small ways we can make a difference in the world, from the team who created the multi-award winning and bestselling What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say and What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do.

Open arms.

A friendly face.

Showing how.

Showing up.

A warm-hearted exploration of some of the big and small ways we can all make a difference in the world, no matter our age - at home, around the neighbourhood, at school and in the community.

How to Help When You Really Want to Help explores everyday situations, sharing how to spot opportunities for helping others and showing the comfort, happiness and satisfaction that helping can bring.

From award-winning and much-loved author Davina Bell and critically acclaimed illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper, How to Help shows little readers how to be an active participant in making the world a kinder place, no matter your age.

Praise for What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say and What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do:

'A soothing story with gentle tips on how to respond with compassion and care when life gets tricky ... The ideal book to gently encourage young readers to open up about their feelings' Sydney Morning Herald

'A compassionate guide for children navigating unfamiliar situations and emotions . . . Bell's text interplays tenderly with Tapper's vignettes, spotlighting significant everyday moments and challenges . . . The book imparts strategies without being didactic' THE GUARDIAN, Best Australian Children's Books of 2023

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780734423658

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 June 2025

Country: Australia

Imprint: Lothian Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Hilary Jean Tapper

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Davina Bell

About the Author

Davina Bell (Author)

Davina Bell is a children's book editor and a writer for young people of many ages. Her picture books include All the Ways To Be Smart, All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors, Under the Love Umbrella, What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say and What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do. Her debut young adult novel, The End of the World is Bigger than Love, won the 2021 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Ethel Turner Prize for Young Adult Fiction. What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say was the winner of the ABIA Children's Picture Book of the Year Award 2023 and a CBCA Notable Picture Book of the Year 2023.

For more information, visit www.davinabell.com

Hilary Jean Tapper (Illustrator)

Hilary Jean Tapper is an international award-winning illustrator based in New Zealand. She is winner of the ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Children's Picture Book of the Year for 2023 and Forevability Book Awards 2022 (forevability.org).

Connect with Hilary on Facebook or Instagram: @hilaryjeantapper.

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