<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"
	xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
	xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"
	xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"
	>
<url><loc>https://barbaragruenerauthor.com/2026/11/07/midwest-book-review/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Barbara Gruener</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-11-07T22:44:08+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Midwest Book Review</news:title><news:keywords>books, picture books, empathy, kindness, family, grief, writing, fiction, knitting, friendship, loss, Knit Back Together, connection, service</news:keywords></news:news></url></urlset>