The Great Canyon Picnic
Made for 4 to 7 years5 to 6 minutes aloud32 pages
The picnic goes wrong and the children improvise the rescue. A chant comes back at every obstacle, so the youngest listeners can join in by the second reading.
Written by Sara Lundquist. Characters and art by Blake Lundquist.
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Why ages 4 to 7 years
The picnic goes wrong and the children improvise the rescue. A chant comes back at every obstacle, so the youngest listeners can join in by the second reading.
Read-aloud guide
Questions to ask, words to point at and repeat, and a follow-up activity. It arrives with the book.
Meanwhile: Sibling play, Making plans
Printables
10 free sheets for this story: cards, mazes, a certificate and more, in A4 and US Letter.
Printables for The Great Canyon Picnic
Free, no email, no account. For personal and classroom use, not for resale.
Bookmarks: The Great Canyon Picnic
Bookmarks · ages 4 to 7
Three bookmarks to cut out.
Bookplates: The Great Canyon Picnic
Bookplates · ages 4 to 7
Eight "This book belongs to" labels to cut out and stick in.
Certificate: I went on a canyon picnic!
Certificate · ages 4 to 7
A certificate to fill in and hang up.
Colour the canyon
Colouring page · ages 4 to 7
A scenery page to colour, from the world of the story. Scenery only; the characters join when Blake's drawings are ready.
Feelings cards: The Great Canyon Picnic
Feelings cards · ages 4 to 7
Feeling words on colour cards. No faces, so a child decides what a feeling looks like.
Canyon maze: The Great Canyon Picnic
Maze · ages 4 to 7
A canyon maze to trace with a finger or a pencil, with the way through on page two.
Real Sandpiper Point: canyon plants
Real Sandpiper Point fact sheet · ages 3 to 8
Real facts, each with its source, and how the stories use them.
Real Sandpiper Point: porcupine quills
Real Sandpiper Point fact sheet · ages 3 to 7
Real facts, each with its source, and how the stories use them.
Story sequencing cards: The Great Canyon Picnic
Story sequencing cards · ages 4 to 7
Cut out the story moments, mix them up and put them back in order. Art frames wait for Blake's pictures.
Word cards: The Great Canyon Picnic
Word cards · ages 4 to 7
The words to point at and say again in The Great Canyon Picnic, each with the line it comes from.
Formats
Paperback, 8.5×8.5
A square paperback, 24 to 40 pages depending on the story. Printed on demand.
Best for: Everyday reading, ages 2 to 7.
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Hardcover, 8.5×8.5
The same square book in a case-laminate hardcover.
Best for: Gifts and the books you read a hundred times.
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Keepsake editions
Later and quote-only: box sets, lap-size boards, sewn hardcovers, a landscape storyteller's edition and a two-book bind-up.
Best for: Gifts and collectors.
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Set in
The canyon
Dry hills, sage and one very good sycamore. The best games here start with someone saying the rules out loud. See it on the map