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Publishers Weekly
2012

The Table

Winsome Bingham and Wiley Blevins, illus. by Jason Griffin (Holiday House/Porter)

Bingham, Blevins, and Griffin present a powerfully layered work about two families—first one, then another—who live their lives around the same kitchen table. As the furniture passes from one home to the next, the transition makes for a mirrored telling that bears witness to the lives of two households “with parents that work hard and long hours and love each other.”