Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey caught my attention when I was very young and falling in love with the stacks and stacks of books in the Washington Elementary School library. A long-time favorite of mine, Blueberries for Sal takes me immediately away to the rocky coast of Maine each time I pick it up. McCloskey’s lovely and expressive line drawings keep the pictures as simple and pleasing as the story. Sal and her mother go in search of blueberries to can for the winter and meet up with another mother and child: a bear and her cub. As Sal watches the mother bear get ready for winter in her own way, the cub follows Sal’s mother while she fills her bucket with blueberries. By the end of the story each mother has the right child and all is well as they wait for the first snow to fall. No matter when you discovered Blueberries for Sal for the first time, it’s definitely one to read again and share with all the children in your life.