Juvenile Fiction - General - Blueberries for Sal w/cassette (Paperback)

Blueberries for Sal w/cassette (Paperback)

Caldecott Honor Book 1949

By Robert McCloskey

Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Date
Published: 1993
ISBN-13: 9780140951103
ISBN: 0140951105

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When a young girl named Sal goes blueberry picking with her mother, she does far more eating than collecting. With her mother distracted by her goal of picking enough berries to preserve for the winter, young Sal wonders off, and is soon far from her mother's watchful eye. Meanwhile, a mother bear is urging her young cub to eat enough berries to survive the long hibernation that awaits them both. Like Sal, the bear cub wonders off on her own, and he, too, is soon far from his mother's protective care. Although both Sal and the bear cub each eventually find a mother, neither finds the mom they expected, in what proves to be two non-threatening human/animal encounters. An appreciation of the natural world, as well as a look at the similarities that exist between these two very different families, Blueberries for Sal, features charming blue-and-white drawings and is a 1949 Caldecott Honor Book. Sal and her mother are based on author/illustrator Robert McCloskey's own wife and daughter.

Blueberries for Sal includes a story tape. Puffin StoryTapes feature best-selling books recorded on high-quality cassette tapes. Children can read along with the book or just listen to the lively narration-complete with music and sound effects. Pre-readers will enjoy looking at the illustrations as they learn to recognize words and expand their vocabulary.