In a "Visit to Candyland" the student author is explaining the process of making a gingerbread house. The author also explains his/her family's tradition on how the concept of building gingerbread houses began. The author wrote that everything in the house "must be edible, and not only edible, but tasty". The author said the best part about building a gingerbread house was having a holiday party, where everyone gets together and eats the house. …showed first 75 words of 535 total…

…showed last 75 words of 535 total…breaks the house. Although they hate to see the house ruined they get great pleasure of eating their annual masterpiece. I think A Visit to Candyland is very effective in helping the reader to understand how to make a ginger bread house. Because the author gave the reader good instructions and reasons to making a gingerbread house that sounded very tasty. After reading this essay it made me feel like starting my own family tradition.