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Blueberries for Sal (Viking Kestrel picture books)

Blueberries for Sal (Viking Kestrel picture books) Hardback - 1948

by McCloskey, Robert

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  • Title Blueberries for Sal (Viking Kestrel picture books)
  • Author McCloskey, Robert
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 54
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date 1948-09-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR002485539
  • ISBN 9780670175918 / 0670175919
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 11.5 x 0.5 in (21.84 x 29.21 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 600
  • Themes
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Bears, Mother and child
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 48004955
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Caldecott Honor Book

What happens when Sal and her mother meet a mother bear and her cub? A beloved classic is born!

Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk! Sal and her mother a picking blueberries to can for the winter. But when Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill, she discovers a mama bear preparing for her own long winter.  Meanwhile Sal's mother is being followed by a small bear with a big appetite for berries! Will each mother go home with the right little one?

With its expressive line drawings and charming story, Blueberries for Sal has won readers' hearts since its first publication in 1948.

"The adventures of a little girl and a baby bear while hunting for blueberries with their mothers one bright summer day. All the color and flavor of the sea and pine-covered Maine countryside."
-School Library Journal, starred review.

From the publisher

Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder, McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer.  He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000.  You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.

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Winner of A Caldecott Honor

"The adventures of a little girl and a baby bear while hunting for blueberries with their mothers one bright summer day. All the color and flavor of the sea and pine-covered Maine countryside."
-School Library Journal, starred review.

A Fuse8 Top 100 Picture Book title

About the author

Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder, McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer. He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000. You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.