Rhonda Cox

This is a good example of realistic fiction as the pictures tell a story of a little boy and his dog and the many things they do together. It is realistic because the pictures are all photographs and so they would happen in real life, but it is fiction in the sense that it tells us a story about this little boy in a way that the readers can empathize with boy and observe his interactions with the dog. The plot of the story is a series of events that take place. First we see the boy show more interacting with his dog and see the adventures they go on such as fishing, going for a walk, and being out in nature. Then the dog has babies and the boy gives some of the babies to other families and keeps one baby for himself. We see him playing with the baby as well, but in the end, he is playing with, and hugging, the original dog.
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This book describes on how a watermelon is grown and how you eat it correctly. You plant the seeds in the ground, watch them grow, and then get to enjoy a yummy sweet treat when they are ripe and ready to eat.

Pigs don’t just roll in the mud, they dance and run and peek
and. . .
■ Nonfiction expository
■ Third person
■ Present tense
■ Plural text but most photographs are singular
■ Two word sentences of subject plus verb
■ Sentence pattern established in title
■ Some repetition of title
■ Range of verbs—some are difficult to show in photograph
■ Illustrations extend text

A boy's pet dog has puppies.