Uploaded October 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
“Picnic Panic” helps kids understand the difference
between rare and common causes. Egbert finds his
picnic ruined. Who did it? They find some hairs
at the crime scene and get side-tracked by half-
remembered stories and scary worries until they
learn to focus on common causes rather than rare
ones and realize that “things that happen most of
the time cause most of the things that happen.”
“Picnic Panic” helps kids understand the difference
between rare and common causes. Egbert finds his
picnic ruined. Who did it? They find some hairs
at the crime scene and get side-tracked by half-
remembered stories and scary worries until they
learn to focus on common causes rather than rare
ones and realize that “things that happen most of
the time cause most of the things that happen.”










