Dinosaur Kids

A fable about Practicing until it sticks

Dominique’s Seven Stones

Starring Dominique, the Diplodocus. Dominique wants to master the tail-bell melody, and seven practice stones help her keep a promise to the song when distractions fill the meadow.

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Dominique the Diplodocus character art
Dominique the Diplodocus character art

Meet

Dominique

Diplodocus

Learns
Practicing until it sticks
Grown-up value
Discipline
Fable
No. 23

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

    Dominique hangs seven seed bells, but her first tail sweep rings them all at once: CLANG-A-LANG!

  2. A brave choice

    When Val calls her to race leaves, she sets seven stones under the bells, a tap for each, and keeps coming back.

  3. A happy turn

    On concert morning, wind tangles two strings. She starts again at stone one, and at last the bells ring in order.

And the moral of the story

“Good habits are gifts to tomorrow-you.”

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

For grown-ups · After the last page

Talk about it.

  1. 1What pulled Dominique away from practicing?
  2. 2What would you do if your practice got all tangled?
  3. 3What is something you get better at by practicing?

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