A fable about Learning why

Kelly and the Map of Why

Starring Kelly, the Kronosaurus. Kelly’s perfect map shows where everything is, but Cody’s questions send her looking for why the creek bends, reeds grow, and stones gather.

Ages 3–6
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See how the story goes Meet Kelly

No. 30

Meet

Kelly

Kronosaurus

Learns: Learning why
Grown-up value: Knowledge
Fable: No. 30

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.

A small trouble
Kelly finishes the most complete creek map in the meadow. Then Cody asks why the creek bends, and Kelly doesn’t know.
A brave choice
So she goes to look: water sliding around a clay bank, warm mud, a pebble rolling in the current.
A happy turn
Her map fills with arrows, reasons, and new question marks. Kelly leaves a corner blank for the next why.

And the moral of the story

“Knowing where is good. Knowing why is better.”

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

For grown-ups · After the last page

Talk about it.

1What did Kelly do instead of guessing?
2What would you want to find out about a creek?
3What is something you wonder why about?

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