Blueberries for Sal
Author:
Robert McCloskey 
Complete Authored Works
Illustrator:
Robert McCloskey Complete Authored Works
Publication:
1948 by Viking Press Inc
Genre:
Fiction, Picture Books
Pages:
55
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"One day, Little Sal went with her mother to Blueberry Hill to pick blueberries... On the other side of Blueberry Hill Little Bear came with his mother to eat blueberries..." And they all got mixed up together!
In real life, Little Sal is Bob McCloskey's own small daughter. Whether she's actually met any bears on their island home off the Maine coast, she isn't telling, but, from her pleased expression, we gather that this is just the sort of adventure she would enjoy the most.
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Robert McCloskey
1914 - 2003American
Robert McCloskey was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1914. By his own admission he intended (a) to be an inventor and (b) to be a musician. "I spent a gr... See more
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Blueberries for Sal
Reviewed by Sara Masarik
McCloskey?s pen and ink drawings are masterpieces. The scenes with Sal and her mother are done with fine lines and light texture. The scenes on the mountain are done with a heavier hand and communicate the scale and heft of the trees and the bears. Sal is timelessly adorable, and the mother is beautiful in her ordinariness. The kitchen in which they can the blueberries is like a snapshot in time. Sal standing on the chair in her leather shoes with eyelet cutouts gives the scene authenticity and a sense of old-fashioned loveliness.
Blueberries for Sal
McCloskey has a beguiling way of telling a very simple story...
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
This classic children’s book has stood the test of time with its simple but sweet story and easily recognizable illustration style by Robert McCloskey...
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