Genre: Realistic Fiction
Age App: 3-5
Summary: Mr and Mrs comfort try to plan a huge get together. They plan the meal out perfectly so that each person will be properly fed. The garlic bread and spaghetti ratios must be perfect! The tables are planned specifically to fit each person. Once the family members get there they change the table situation (multiplying). They run out of places then have to divide the tables up as more people come. The end of the book explains it in less of a story problem.
Media: Acrylic ( )

genre: informational
media: pen and paint
age appropriateness: primary, secondary, and intermediate ( )

This book is a good example of realistic fiction because students can identify with how to solve problems. The book also is illustrating the concept of primeter. The book is told in narration form where the narrator telling what the characters said and what happened. The genre of the book is realistic fiction. The media of the book is water color. Age Appropriateness: Intermediate

This is a good example of realistic fiction. A lot of kids will be able to relate to experiences with their large families of trying to fit them in. Also, there are so many characters that it makes it easy for kids to identify with one or more or see their friends or family in some of the characters. It has a very realistic plot in that a large family wants to get together and they want to do things their way and end up getting mixed up, but it turns out all right.
The plot of this story is very simple, but fun. Each time the author introduces a new character, the reader becomes engaged again. Things keep happening and the reader wants to know what will happen next. The mixture of tons of new characters, lots of twists and turns, the application to mathematical principles and the detailed drawings are all important parts of the plot that make it good and engaging for the reader.
Age Appropriateness: Primary, Intermediate
Media: Watercolor, pencil