"Blueberries for Sal"
by Robert McCloskey
52 pages / Print / HumorSummary: A little girl goes blueberry picking with his mother in the countryside. Kuplink, kuplank, kuplank! Little do they know, mother bear and baby bear are also looking for blueberries on the other side of the mountain. The little girl and baby bear get separated from their mothers, but eventually they get back together and go home with blueberries for jam.
Evaluation: This Caldecott honor book is a beautifully illustrated story with simple themes, making it a great read! Published in 1948, we are taken back in time to simple days of walking around outside with mom. This story has a great beginning, middle, and end leaving the reader with a feeling of happiness when both little girl and baby bear are reunited with their mothers. The illustrations help the story by making the reader feel like they are wandering the wilderness with the characters in the story. The onomopeia (Kerplunk, Garumph!) adds playful sounds to the story that are fun to read and imagine. Stories like these make us remember how beautiful the little things are in life, and how we admire to our mothers.
Appeal Terms: animal, adventure, leisurely, humorous, gentle, multiple plot lines, resolved ending
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