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    poires et poireaux: Off-topic, but does anybody remember the story about a duck who makes too much popcorn and then popcorn is everywhere, covering the entire pages? This... more »
    Jezemale*: Whats the name of that book where the kid gets stung by bee's and dies? more »
    Vermontboy: Every time we read Blueberries for Sal, my 4 year old insists for days that she is Sal and won't answer to her real name. When we read One Morning in ... more »
    elliebean: I had this book growing up. My dad used to sing "I found my thrilllll on blueberry hilllll" when he'd read it to us as kids. My brother and I have bot... more »
    Mama Penguino: Also, if you ever get the chance to see Paul Mesner's puppet show of Blueberries for Sal, it's completely wonderful in every way! more »
    Mama Penguino: What the heck? I bought a copy of this two years ago. more »
    margareita metermaid: Ooh...this was one of my faves. Up there with The Fire Cat (a cat named Pickles! yay!), Where the Wild Things Are, Simon's Book, Little Bear goes to ... more »
    saintbernadette: Sal gets a makeover in 3, 2, 1 . . . more »
    hfree: I had no idea it was out of print! This and Make Way for Ducklings are two of my all time favorites. (although my all time #1 favorite is The Best Nest) more »
    tscheese: We had wild plums in South Dakota where I grew up. I helped my grandma pick them. That, and gooseberries. We had amazing plum preserves for several ye... more »
    Princess Leela: Squeeeee. I now know what my friends' kids are getting for their upcoming birthdays. I always liked this one better than "Make Way for Ducklings." (No... more »
    LaComtesse: Apparently, I'm missing out: I never read this as a kid. I was too busy squealing over this one... (My husband bought me a copy of this as a wedding... more »
    morninggloria: Wow, department of redundancy department. Someone needs to proofread. (This is directed toward myself) more »
    morninggloria: Also, I grew up in northern Wisconsin, where the fields and cows meet the lakes and trees, on 250 acres of uninterrupted woods. Down the road was a bi... more »
    lilbobbytables: Oh god, I loved this book as a tyke. I am in nostalgia alert red right now. If anyone needs me, I will be practicing my care bear stare. more »
  • #berrygood

    Ker-Plink, Ker-Plank, Ker-Plunk!

    Hooray! After a year of legal wrangling between the author's estate and the publisher, Robert McCloskey's classic 1948 children's book Blueberries For Sal is back in print, to the relief of bears everywhere. [PW]
  • #inbrief

    Summer Blues