A picnic requires preparation. Readers of this lovely book can read along while the characters pack for a picnic and pick their destination. The accessible, cheerful text will motivate them as they follow the narrative and practice their reading fluency along the way. Carefully planned picture and text correlation offers support for comprehension. High-frequency sight words and phonetically decodable words provide encouragement as readers gain confidence in their reading skills. They may even be inspired to head out for their own picnic with a good book!