Dinosaur Kids

A fable about Giving what you can

Claire’s Half-a-Pie Picnic

Starring Claire, the Chasmosaurus. Claire brings one perfect pie to a private picnic, then turns half of it into a feast for neighbors whose basket rolled into the creek.

  • Ages 3–6
  • Joining the shelf
  • Book in the works
No. 17
Claire the Chasmosaurus character art
Claire the Chasmosaurus character art

Meet

Claire

Chasmosaurus

Learns
Giving what you can
Grown-up value
Charity
Fable
No. 17

How the story goes

One small trouble. Three turns.

A peek for grown-ups, so you know where the story is headed before you turn the first page.

  1. A small trouble

    Claire bakes a berry pie for a picnic with Glen. Then an empty basket floats by: the neighbors have lost their lunch.

  2. A brave choice

    Claire looks at her pie, then cuts a line through the crust. “This half is traveling.”

  3. A happy turn

    The neighbors add leaf plates and creek mint, and nobody’s plate is empty. Claire and Glen share the half that stayed.

And the moral of the story

“A gift makes two friends happy.”

Say it together at the last page. It’s short on purpose.

For grown-ups · After the last page

Talk about it.

  1. 1What if Claire had kept the whole pie?
  2. 2Why do you think Claire cut the pie in half?
  3. 3What could you share with someone today?
Watch & sing · Short · 0:19The Chasmosaurus song Opens on YouTube

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