# The Blue Table

**Author:** Chris Raschka
**Grade range:** Grades K–2
**First published:** 2020
**Page count:** 36
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9780063084841`
**ISBN-10:** `0063084848`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-hello-goodbye-window
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

It’s time to celebrate family, community, generosity, and giving! Two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka’s stunning picture book is the perfect pick to share whenever family and friends gather together to celebrate and give thanks, no matter the occasion. Spend the day around the heart of a home: the blue table. A shopping list is written, food is prepared, and the table is set. Guests arrive, thanks are given, and a meal is shared. What then? It’s time to pitch in and clean up, of course! Limited text, bright colors, and stunning collage illustrations make The Blue Table ideal for the youngest reader and for storytime sharing. In just thirty-two pages, two-time Caldecott Medalist and New York Times–bestselling picture book creator Chris Raschka captures the very essence of community—an

## Where this book is assigned

### Caldecott Medal

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2006 Caldecott Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2006 Caldecott Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2006 Caldecott Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)

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