The Little Kids' Table by Mary Ann McCabe Riehle

Title: The Little Kids' Table
Author/Illustrator: Mary Ann McCabe Riehle/Mary Reaves Uhles
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Genre: Fiction; Poetry
Age: 3-6

This book is about what being at the little kids' table is like. The kids have more fun than the adults and it talks about what the adults tell the kids. They went to visit the child's grandmother and the child was excited to sit at the kids' table. The child mentions that the adults' table was shinier and fancier and had more decorations. The author said that when grandmother called 'let's eat' that they scrambled to their chairs and the little brother gets bumped and ends up crying. They played with their utensils and tried sticking their spoons to their nose and that the parents would tell them to quiet down or behave. They were given their food and most of them didn't want was served because they didn't like trying to eat healthy, but the grandmother mentioned if they didn't eat their vegetables then they wouldn't be able to grow big and tall. If one of the kids left the table the others would mess with their food and make up crazy things and mix their food with other items. Every time they got loud the mom would give them a look that would basically say "Stop it now, please." When the dog came in, it just became more crazy. Their parents would constantly tell them to hush and be quiet, but the kids secretly knew that the adults wanted seats at the kids' table. It ends by saying when the meal was done that the table that had the more fun was the kids' table and that;s all that mattered.

I really liked how this book is very relatable to young children and how when they go to family functions, they may have to sit at a kids' table. I remember growing up having to sit at the kids' table, and we always had fun because we were being kids and telling stories and just being ourselves. We didn't have anything serious to talk about so we just had our own lingo. I remember doing these exact things as a kid and I know this would be great for young students and a unit over family and how children behave at functions. This book goes great for young children who are like 3-6 since they are more likely to do some of these things if they have to sit at a kids' table. As they get older children learn how to behave and while still having fun. I liked how it had it many moments of rhyming which would be easy to follow for young children.
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