This Table

For fans of Sophie Blackall's Farmhouse comes a gorgeous story of one table and the life that grows around it. This moving picture book traces a table and its transformation: from a seed to a felled tree into the heart of a home. Strong and stable through the years, the table becomes a space for being together and sharing stories, for birthday parties and science projects, and for meals big and small. With poetic text and lush illustrations, This Table will inspire conversations about the everyday, ordinary objects in our lives, and their role in creating beloved, lifelong memories. The table was strong and stable. It was placed in the middle of a room in the middle of a house, and life grew up around it. It was perfect for birthday cakes and catching a slice of morning light, for drawing imaginary worlds, and unfolding maps to discover real ones.