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Blueberries for Sal (Caldecott Honor Book)
by McCloskey, Robert (Story and artwork by)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good.
- ISBN 10
- 014050169X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140501698
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York.: Picture Puffin Books., 1976. Trade paperback. Very good.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Artwork in B&W. Audience: Children/juvenile. Classic children's picture book first published by The Viking Press, 1948, and reprinted for generations of blueberry gatherers. Pre-schooler (maybe) Sal and her mother grab their tin pails, head for Blueberry Hill. to pick lots of berries for preserving. Little Sal was dedicated to picking and eating her berries while her mother put her bucket to more productive use. Tiring, Little Sal wfound a berry bush to sit down at and eat berries. Her mother kept moving. On the other side of the hill, a mother bear and cub were intent on consumption of berries, too. Mothers and offspring soon were switched, as blueberries were gathered. Mothers figured out what to do, and all went their separate ways. Endpapers illustrate a country kitchen of the 1940s.
Synopsis
Blueberries for Sal is a children's picture book by Robert McCloskey. It was awarded the Caldecott Honor in 1949. The story is of a little girl Sal and her mother as they go out into the country to pick blueberries for winter, and a bear and his mother as they go to eat berries for winter from the other side of the same hill. Set in a small town in Maine this picture book piece that uses a single dark blue color and block printing for the illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.Ch3610011099
- Title
- Blueberries for Sal (Caldecott Honor Book)
- Author
- McCloskey, Robert (Story and artwork by)
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 014050169X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140501698
- Publisher
- Picture Puffin Books.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Picture-books;
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About the Seller
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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Newport, New Hampshire
About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
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