Our Table

Suggested Activities

• The author reads the book on YouTube.
• FabMaker Project has questions and activities to spark discussion.
• Learning to Give created questions to ask before, during, and after reading the book.
• A STEM challenge from the Creative Librarian.

For Parents and Caregivers

Next Walk selected “Our Table” as a contemporary look at the American family and how we can come together. Many of us long to be more connected to our loved ones, so this story is great for all ages.

The book summary: Violet longs for the time when her family was connected: before life, distractions, and technology pulled them all away from each other. They used to gather at the table, with food and love, to make memories, share their lives, and revel in time spent together. But now her family has been drifting apart, and with nobody to gather around it, the table grows smaller and smaller. Can Violet remind her family of the warmth of time spent together, and gather around the table once more?

Born in Toronto, Canada, Peter H. Reynolds is an accomplished writer, storyteller and illustrator who has been acclaimed around the globe for his best-selling “stories for all ages” about protecting and nurturing the creative spirit, including the three books in his “Creatrilogy” –  The Dot, Ish and Sky Color.  Peter collaborates with other gifted creatives – including illustrating stories by Megan McDonald (Judy Moody, Stink) and Susan Verde (The Museum, The “I Am” Series), as well as by his twin brother Paul A. Reynolds (Going Places, The STEAM-Powered Adventures of Sydney and Simon series). 

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