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I’m in my annual two-week Charlotte’s Web phase – thinking piglets, pygmy goats, barn smells, shiny new tractors, ice cream cones, corn on the cob, 4-H kids, ferris wheels, roller…| Books Around The Table
I’m in my annual two-week Charlotte’s Web phase – thinking piglets, pygmy goats, barn smells, shiny new tractors, ice cream cones, corn on the cob, 4-H kids, ferris wheels, roller…| Books Around The Table
1 post published by Bonny Becker during August 2025| Books Around The Table
The last of my Mouse and Bear books—A Fall Day for Bear–comes out this September. I really didn’t expect to write a seventh story (six seemed sufficient), but something a student said at a sc…| Books Around The Table
1 post published by laurakvasnosky during July 2025| Books Around The Table
Illustration from Red Wagon Year, written by Kathi Appelt and illustrated by me, Harcourt, 1996 Happy Fourth of July tomorrow! This blogpost is just in time to share the exciting world of GutterBoa…| Books Around The Table
2 posts published by Julie Larios and Julie Paschkis during June 2025| Books Around The Table
…and something good is coming! Over the years here at Books Around the Table, I’ve written my fair share of posts about the joys of summer. There have been posts about country fairs…(https://booksaroundthetable.wordpress.com/2022/08/18/country-fairs/ …and about how the mind wanders in … Continue reading →| Books Around The Table
Habits are powerful things! I have some good habits. I have the habit of riding my bicycle. My default vehicle for any errand or outing is my bike unless circumstances demand otherwise. I have some…| Books Around The Table
It was going to be a cinch. It’s May! Select picture books to share that celebrate the unique relationship between mother & child. Read. Describe. Review. Repeat. This bond, singular & profound, is explored in thousands of stories by as … Continue reading →| Books Around The Table
My library in Bellingham if you’ve ever lived in a country without a free library system, and if you love to read but can’t buy every book you want, you know how important your local library is. As…| Books Around The Table
It’s spring again and birds on the wing againStart to sing again, that old melody.I love you; that’s the song of songs,And it all belongs to you and me.* Spring always comes with this s…| Books Around The Table
How many miles to Redmond Town?Three score miles and ten. Can I get there by candlelight?Aye, and back again. In 2020 I received a commission to design 5 murals for Seattle Sound Transit. Those mur…| Books Around The Table
I’ve been reading The Art Thief by Michael Finkel and thinking about thief Stephane Breitwieser’s compulsion to steal. He didn’t sell what he stole. Instead, he found himself “addicted to beauty,” so he (and his girlfriend) stole art and kept it in … Continue reading →| Books Around The Table
