Personalised children's book about fairness and sharing: your child's picnic

What happens in your child's Picnic for Everyone

1. Your child lays out a picnic beneath the park tree.
2. More friends arrive than the snacks can cover.
3. Everyone starts choosing quickly, and the basket looks bare.
4. Your child counts the food and suggests a fair turn-taking plan.
5. The friends share their picnic and save a treat for a late arrival.

How the first page could read

On a bright morning, your child spread a checked cloth beneath the old park tree. Friends arrived with apple slices, crackers and tiny cakes, then everyone sat down together. But when the picnic basket was opened, your child noticed there were more hungry tummies than snacks.

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

At a picnic, the problem is visible straight away: a basket, a group and fewer treats than expected. Your child does not simply hand out snacks; they pause, listen to who has arrived, count what is there and help the group agree on turns. That makes fairness something children can see happening, rather than a rule stated from afar. The gentle park setting leaves room for small social details, from noticing a quieter child to keeping a biscuit for someone delayed. For ages four to seven, it offers an easy way to talk afterwards about sharing at a party, playdate or snack table.

Reading it together

• Pause when the basket is opened and ask your child what might help everyone get a fair share.
• Invite your child to count small snacks at home and practise making equal groups together.
• After reading, ask how your child's turn-taking plan could work at nursery, school or a playdate.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Soft watercolour gives the park picnic a warm, detailed feel, with plenty of small foods and friendly faces for children to spot. A sidekick idea: a helpful park robin watching from the picnic basket handle. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.