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Summary: A Family Adventure in Blueberries-Caldecott Award Winner
Review: McCloskey wrote this about his wife Margaret (daughter of author Ruth Sawyer Durnad) and daughter Sally encountering a mother bear and cub while picking blueberries on Deer Isle. The story has some funny turns when both mother and child get separated and wind up finding the wrong family member. Imagine that! Well, all's well that ends well. And, guess you wondered what happened in the end don't you? You'll have to see for yourself. McCloskey sadly passed away on June 30, 2003 most of his life he illustrated and wrote children's books. He wrote eight books during his life. All the book reflect on family experiences, small-town life, and life in Boston. His story, 'Make Way for Ducklings' is set in Boston. McCloskey is one of the few authors that depicted Americana in a light-hearted vision through his illustration. He will be sadly missed. 'Blueberries for Sal' won the Caldecott award for children's book illustration. It's a darn good story to boot, too!
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Summary: A memoriable afternoon shared by all.
Review: Mothers everywhere look forward to a sunny day spent on a hillside picking berries with their offspring. Many adventures have been shared by families that set out to spend a few quiet moments between parent and child. Here is an opportunity to stimulate the imagination of a child with the wonder of exploration.
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Summary: A wonderful romp through the woods...
Review: My daughters and I love this book. I've been a fan of McCloskey since I was a kid myself, and I was pleased to be able to find this book re-released for my own children. It's a classic, and one that belongs on the shelf of any parent with wee ones.The story is simple, two mothers (human and bear) take their children out berry picking, where the children wander off, and manage to switch places. The pictures are charming, the plot is lovely, the text suitable for a young reader to read themselves, or for younger ones to have read to them. All in all a wonderful children's classic, don't hesitate to buy it.
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Summary: A Timeless Classic
Review: My mother bought me this book when I was six-years-old through the Weekly Reader program in the 1960s and I STILL have it, if that gives you any idea on how great of a book this is. It's such a cute story of how Sal and the baby ber eat blueberries all over the mountain and get their mothers mixed up. It's just another celebration of being a child and the wonders that it brings. A true classic that belongs in every elementary classroom.
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Summary: A True Classic!
Review: My parents read it to me as a kid, and I continue to read it to my elementary class.
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Summary: A great classic
Review: My sisters and I used to borrow this from the library often as children, and I was pleased to discover it again and share it with my son. It's a neat story, and I'll always associate blueberries with Sal and the little bear.
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Summary: OK
Review: My students weren't really into it. I think it is because the pictures aren't in color...or colorful. The story is average.
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Summary: Prized in the collection of Professional Childrens Librarian
Review: Of the thousands of books she reviewed only a handfull landed in her personal collection, Blue Berries for Sal is one of them. My Mother had a masters degree in library science and served California's Ventura County as Childrens library administrator for many years. It remains a book dear to my heart and now dear to my young daughter.
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Summary: a classic book -sets the perfect mood for bedtime
Review: Robert McCloskey is a well known children's writer and this book is one of the reasons why (the other is Make Way for Ducklings). With elegant prose he relates the similarities between a girl helping her mother and a bear cub helping its mother; how being a child is more than a human condition. The appreciation of this book grows with age - making is a perfect gift/hardcover selection.
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Summary: I still love it!
Review: Sal is every little kid eating all the blueberries in her pail and then reaching into mom's pail to get some more. It is a cute story of mother and and child that all parents and their children will relate to. It is one "children's book" that appeals to all ages. There is adventure and surprise all mixed with humor but I'll let you read about that.
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