Blueberries for Sal

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Summary: Review of Blueberries for Sal
Review: This is the story of a little girl that goes blueberry picking with her mother. She is helping her pick blueberries but she is more concerned with eating them then she is with keeping them so her mother can make things with them. At the same time a mother bear was picking blueberries with her cub too stock up for the winter. The cub was doing the same thing as Sal and eating the blueberries faster then he was picking them. The cub and Sal did not follow their mothers. They just wondering off eating there merry way around the mountain. Eventually Sal and the cub end up all mixed up and with the wrong mothers and they set out to get with the right ones again.
I love this book. It is a great tale and it is so much fun to read over and over again. The pictures are great and so realistic. I think this really is a good book for children to read and I think it is one that they would really enjoy reading too. This is definitely a book that I want for my class collection and I think the author did a really good job at making this book fun and full of adventure.

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Summary: Timeless
Review: This title never goes out of fashion. Great to read with "The Biggest Bear" during "B" week at school.

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Summary: The one book that stands alone in my memories of childhood
Review: This was one of my favorite books as a child and I have passed the book on to my daughter. The pictures and story are excellent accounts of the misadventures of children, human & animal alike. Every mother with a small child can relate to the mischievous & innocent thoughts of wanting to eat more than they care to pick

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Summary: Wonderful children's book
Review: Whenever I ask my 3-year-old granddaughter to pick some books for me to read to her before she goes to bed, I know that "Blueberries for Sal" will be one of them. This gentle story of Sal and her mother and Little Bear and his mother picking blueberries on the mountain is one of her favorites. There is enough repetition in the story that I can pause and my granddaughter will fill in with "Kerplink, kerplank, kerplunk" or whatever other words fit in the story. Losing one's mother and getting lost are great concerns for children, so the happy ending of this classic is very appealing to little ones. This is a highly recommended children's book.

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Summary: Blue Berries For Sal
Review: Yesterday a woman turned around from blueberry picking on Blueberry Hill expecting to find her little toddler, Sal, but discovered instead a bear cub munching a mouthful of berries from her bucket. Sal was nowhere in sight, as apparently the mother had picked berries for some time thinking that the little bear following her was Sal. More alarmingly, when the mother found Sal she reported having followed a large bear around for some time, probably the cub's mother who had also mistaken Sal for her own cub. Fortunately no one was hurt but everyone should keep close track of their children if picking berries for the winter on Blueberry Hill.

Author/illustrator Robert McCloskey has created a delightful set of images to bring his timeless tale of mistaken identity to life. Christopher had a hard time deciding which was funnier, Blueberries for Sal or Curious George Takes a Job. Sal is definitely more charmingly life-like, bringing back the by-gone era of canning fruits for the winter. This book serves a multi-layered role of teaching the importance of listening and the ways of earlier American families in a wonderful outdoor setting. A great book!