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Farming and Food


May 2023

Online Features

A Doorway into Life

Voices from Guilford College’s Sustainable Food Systems program. C. Wess Daniels, Bronwyn Corry Tucker, and Tony VanWinkle
Poetry

This in Remembrance

Something was always on the stove. We talked / until a lid began to dance, and again / when she… Donald Mace Williams
Poetry

From the checkout line in the supermarket

I notice the sun duck behind clouds and blue / sky turns gray. I feel the last of winter  Molly O’Dell
Poetry

Pilgrimage

drawn by liquid chemistry / redolence of home / I made my way to you Tricia Gates Brown
Forum

Forum, May 2023

Letters from our readers. Staff
Reflection

We Can Grieve and We Can Build

After the fire comes the hard work of rebuilding lives, and this work requires accompaniment. Windy Cooler
May 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Itzel and the Ocelot

By Rachel Katstaller. Kids Can Press, 2022. 40 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–7. To craft this culturally rich…

Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams

May 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Luli and the Language of Tea

By Andrea Wang, illustrated by Hyewon Yum. Neal Porter Books, 2022. 40 pages. $18.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 3–7. This is…

Reviewed by Eileen Redden

May 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Big Truck, Little Island

By Chris Van Dusen. Candlewick Press, 2022. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 3–8. Through sun-splashed pages, a tugboat pulls…

Reviewed by Margaret Walden

May 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Line in the Sand

By Thao Lam. Owlkids Books, 2022. 48 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–8. This wordless picture book will spark conversation…

Reviewed by Ann Birch

May 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Man Who Saved Books

By Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Mary Beth Owens. Down East Books, 2022. 32 pages. $18.95/hardcover; $18/eBook. Recommended for ages 4…

Reviewed by James Foritano

May 2023 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Room for More

By Michelle Kadarusman, illustrated by Maggie Zeng. Pajama Press, 2022. 32 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 5–8. We’re reviewing this…

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton with assistance from Bethan

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