Violet is the only one in her family who has not abandoned the ritual of sitting down for meals at the table. Full-spread images in a glum purple-and-black palette reveal her dining alone while her father watches TV, her mother texts and her brother plays video games. Violet "dreamed of a time when family and friends would gather at the table," which Peter H. Reynolds (The Dot; The Word Collector) depicts in a series of cozily hued vignettes: gathering food with her father, setting the table with her brother while her parents cook. The longer the table goes unused, the more it shrinks, until Violet finds a way to bring her family members back together in the dining room. The pages blossom into joyous full color, showing the family's shades of warm brown skin and purple/black hair, as they "come together, to share stories once again." --Jennifer M. Brown, senior editor, Shelf Awareness