Rebecca Pettiford - Showing Perseverance

Bullfrog Books let children
practice reading informational
text at the earliest reading
levels. Repetition, familiar
words, and photo labels
support early readers.

Discuss the cover photo.
What does it tell them?

Look at the picture glossary
together. Read and discuss
the words.

Walk through the book
and look at the photos.
Let the child ask questions.
Point out the photo labels.

Read the book to the child,
or have him or her read
independently.

Prompt the child to think
more. Ask: How do you show
perseverance? How do you
feel when you persevere?

Bullfrog Books are published by Jump!

5357 Penn Avenue South

Minneapolis, MN 55419

www.jumplibrary.com

Copyright 2018 Jump! International copyright
reserved in all countries. No part of this book
may be reproduced in any form without written
permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Pettiford, Rebecca, author.
Title: Showing perseverance / by Rebecca Pettiford.
Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota: Jump!, Inc.,
2018. | Series: Building character | Bullfrog Books
are published by Jump! | Includes index.
Audience: Ages 58. | Audience: K to Grade 3.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017030348 (print)
LCCN 2017030608 (ebook)
ISBN 9781624966484 (ebook)
ISBN 9781620318881 (hardcover: alk. paper)
ISBN 9781620318898 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Perseverance (Ethics)
Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC BJ1533.P4 (ebook)
LCC BJ1533.P4 P48 2017 (print) | DDC 179/.9dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017030348

Editor: Kirsten Chang
Book Designer: Michelle Sonnek
Photo Researcher: Michelle Sonnek & Kirsten Chang

Photo Credits: Guas/Shutterstock, cover
(medal); Ljupco Smokovski/Shutterstock, cover
(boy); shapecharge/iStock, 1; Sergey Novikov/
Shutterstock, 3; Vaclav Volrab/Shutterstock, 4,
23tl; Anna Nahabed/Shutterstock, 5, 23tr; asiseeit/
iStock, 67; gjohnstonphoto/iStock, 8, 23bl;
Lykovata/Shutterstock, 9; KK Tan/Shutterstock,
1011; wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock, 1213, 23br;
Ty Allison/Getty, 14; Jim Barber/Shutterstock,
15; Mat Hayward/Shutterstock, 1617; Andreas
P/Adobe Stock, 1819, 2021; panphai/Adobe Stock,
22; all_about_people/Shutterstock, 24.

Printed in the United States of America at
Corporate Graphics in North Mankato, Minnesota.

Life gives us
challenges.

It may be hard.

But we do not give up.

We keep going.

We show perseverance.

It takes time to do
your best.

It takes hard work.

Will juggles.

Oops! A ball falls.

It is OK. He keeps trying.

Kat plays piano.

She sets a goal.

She practices every day.

She learns a new song!

tutor

Reading is hard
for Eric.

A tutor helps him.

Now he loves
to read.

Kay runs a race.

Oh, no!

It looks like she will not win.

But she finishes the race.

She does not give up.

Mark misses the shot.

He keeps trying.

He knows he will
get better.

Climbing is hard.

We go one step
at a time.

We did it!

Learning a new skill or activity takes time. It takes
perseverance. You have to keep trying, even if it is hard.
In this activity, you will learn how to juggle.

Get two tennis balls. Practice throwing one ball in an arc like
a rainbow, from one hand to the other. Keep your hands at waist
level. Throw no higher than eye level.

Now throw the ball back in an arc to the other hand. Keep doing
this until you are good at it. You will probably drop the ball a few
times. Do not give up. Keep trying!

Pick up a second ball. Hold one ball in each hand.

If you are right handed, start the first throw from your right hand.
Wait less than a second.

Now throw the second ball from your left hand before you catch