Lulu Thanks the Helpers — A Community Helpers & Gratitude Story | Shalvit Kids TV Storybook No. 72

**Eight helpers helped Lulu all week long — now it's Lulu's turn to say thank you… with her HANDS too!** 💌⭐

On Monday, Aunty Funke taught Lulu to write her name. On Tuesday, Nurse Ada listened to her cough. Uncle Tayo the bus driver always waits for her, Mama Nkechi always adds a little *jara* at the market, Pastor Emmanuel prays for the children, Baba Femi grows the yams, Aunty Grace looks after Pip — and before the sun is even warm, Uncle Sani has swept the whole street clean. So Lulu makes **eight thank-you cards** with Mama, delivers every one of them **together with Mama and Daddy** (the delivery rule children can repeat: never alone!), hangs the helpers' portraits on a **Gratitude Wall**, and gives the whole town the happiest surprise of all — a **thank-you PARTY!** And when Uncle Sani holds his card to his chest — the **first** thank-you card he has ever received — your child will feel the heart of this story: *every* helper matters. On every refrain page, the whole town chants: **"Thank you, thank you — helpers make our town shine!"** 🎵

This is the grand finale of the Shalvit Kids TV stockpile — Book No. 72 — written to teach gratitude as an action, not just a word: *"Gratitude is love with its shoes on — saying thank you AND showing it."* 💛

💌 **What's inside:**

- A complete week-in-the-life gratitude story in short, simple sentences — one helper a day, perfect for ages 2–6 and reading aloud

- **Eight fully-drawn community helpers**, each thanked by name for their specific kindness: teacher, nurse, bus driver, market seller, pastor, farmer, neighbour and street keeper

- A hand-made **thank-you card journey**: making the cards with Mama (Pip adds his own muddy paw print!), praying for the helpers, and delivering all eight cards safely hand-in-hand with grown-ups

- Counting woven through the story and drawn exactly in post: **8 cards made**, **8 cards delivered — 0 lost**, **8 portraits on the Gratitude Wall**, plus **12 thank-you hearts** and **10 stars of thanks**

- A gentle, repeatable **safety rule** for meeting helpers: children greet and thank known helpers together with a trusted grown-up — never alone

- **Match the Helpers**, a thank-you-day **sequencing** page, **patterns**, a BFS-verified solvable **delivery maze**, a town **seek-and-find**, **Say It With Lulu**, word tracing (THANK · CARD · LOVE), feelings matching, **Who Am I? helper riddles**, and a **Who Helps Us?** practice page

- **Say Thank You in Our Languages** — English, Yoruba (*E se!*), Igbo (*Daalu!*) and Hausa (*Na gode!*)

- A **Make Your Own Thank-You Card** page, **3 colouring pages**, a draw-your-own-card page, a 7-day **My Thank-You Chart** and a **Grateful Heart Certificate**

- A two-page **For Parents & Grown-Ups** guide: growing gratitude at home, meeting helpers safely, the Gratitude Wall idea — plus full answer keys

🎓 **What your child will learn:**

- 🙏 Gratitude in action — remembering helpers, thanking them by name, and showing it with a hand-made card

- 👩🏽‍🏫 Community helpers and their jobs — who does what in our town, and why every job deserves thanks

- 🔢 Counting to 8 (three times over!), 12 and 10 — with cards, checklists, portraits, hearts and stars

- 🛡️ Safe greeting habits: thank helpers together with a grown-up, to people the family knows

- 🗣️ Thank-you words in English, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa — and the confidence to use them out loud

📖 **Book details:**

- **68 pages** of glossy, colourful, cinema-quality 3D artwork featuring the much-loved Shalvit Kids TV cast — Kiki, Bibo, Lulu and Pip — and the whole town of helpers

- Ages **2–6** — toddlers, preschool and nursery; ideal for gratitude themes, community-helper topics and family reading

- **PDF — instant download** after payment; read on any phone, tablet or computer, or print the chart, certificate and activity pages at home

- Storybook No. 72 in the Shalvit Kids TV series — the stockpile finale! Pairs perfectly with *Kiki Goes on a Bus Ride* (No. 67, where Uncle Tayo first appears) and *Lulu Helps in the Kitchen* (No. 66)

**Perfect for:** Thanksgiving and gratitude themes, community helpers units, preschool and nursery classes, Sunday school, and every child learning to say thank you — and show it.

From the makers of *Kiki Counts to Ten* — watch the songs and stories on YouTube: search **Shalvit Kids TV**. 🎵

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