For so many families, the heart of the home is a single piece of furniture: a kitchen table that serves as not only a place to share meals, but to create art, prepare food, do homework, play games, and connect with the people we love.
In The Heart of Our Home, author-illustrator Janelle Washington gives a gorgeous ode to not only her own childhood kitchen table, but to the part that such a central hub plays in each family’s life. From moments of laughter to serious talks, from a place to process grief to make everlasting memories, the gorgeous cut-paper art and lyrical text of this book are enough to make you look at your own gathering place with fond eyes.
Huge thanks to Roaring Brook Press and MacKids Books for a copy of this! We’re a kitchen table family ourselves; how about you? What does your family’s gathering space look and feel like?
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