The Blue Table
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- $1.99
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- $1.99
Publisher Description
It’s
time to celebrate family, community, generosity, and giving! Two-time Caldecott
Medalist Chris Raschka’s stunning picture book is the perfect pick to share
whenever family and friends gather together to celebrate and give thanks, no
matter the occasion.
Spend the day around the
heart of a home: the blue table. A shopping list is written, food is prepared,
and the table is set. Guests arrive, thanks are given, and a meal is shared.
What then? It’s time to pitch in and clean up, of course!
Limited text, bright
colors, and stunning collage illustrations make The Blue Table ideal for
the youngest reader and for storytime sharing. In just thirty-two pages, two-time
Caldecott Medalist and New York Times–bestselling picture book creator Chris
Raschka captures the very essence of community—and gratitude.
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Spare text and images center the titular cerulean table, around which a small family and later, a second gathers to share meals and gratitude. Instead of showing human figures, Caldecott Medalist Raschka showcases tabletop objects and dishes from a bird's-eye view, which appear and disappear as the pages turn. In colorful illustrations crafted from watercolor and cut-paper collage, a glass of milk first signifies "a child." Across the gutter, the addition of a coffee cup and saucer to the surface indicates another arrival "a parent." And a page turn later, "another parent" joins, the table now host to a second coffee cup, a plate of cinnamon rolls, and activities befitting a comfortable breakfast (a newspaper, a book, crayons and paper). "Good things/ from the garden,// the store,/ and the farm" are assembled next, among them veggies and a turkey, and a leaf is added to the blue table in preparation for "one more family." Images include hands and forearms in a variety of skin tones as all gather, "thankful," for a many-coursed meal. A gentle picture book that celebrates the joy to be found in both everyday routines and holiday abundance. Ages 4 8.
