A young boy visits a friend who lives in a topsy-turvy house. (Scholastic Reader, Level 2)

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This book is good for two reasons. The first reason is the illustrations. The illustrator uses, vivid, colorful detail, to help the words express how silly the family is when they eat in the bathtub, and do other silly things. The second reason is the development of the story. Every silly description, has a reason, and in the end when every room has been explained, the boy who eats in the bathtub calls his friend silly for not doing the same as his family. The overall theme of this book is to treat everyone, no matter how unusual their family traditions are, with respect. ( )

I loved this book because of its silliness. We Eat Dinner in the Bathtub by Angela Shelf Medearis is a great and funny read. I liked this book because of its nonsense. The story made you laugh as you imagined the child eating in the bathtub, sleeping in the dining room and parking in the kitchen. I also laughed as Harris explains that he eats at the dining room table and Josh finds it so weird. Another great reason for loving this book are the pictures that guide the dialogue. A little version of the characters face sits next to each line of dialogue. I find this great because the entire book is dialogue and this method keeps you from getting mixed up. You don’t have to waste time rereading the story because you know exactly whose talking and when. I feel like this books big idea is to show us how people have many differences. Some that you wouldn't know if you hadn't talked to the person. This book also shows that differences are okay. When Josh learns Harris is different than him he doesn't bash it or hate it. He embraces the differences and even says he likes Harris more for it. This book was a fun little read that I enjoyed very much. ( )

A boy named Harris aks his friend Josh if he wants to come eat dinner at his house and Josh finds out that Harris's family does everything different; like eating dinner in the bathtub and sleeping in the living room. At the end of the book Harris tells Josh that he likes him because he's different. Harris seems to think that Josh's family is the one that does everything different - like eating at the kitchen table.