After a few months off Gage has decided that he would like to participate in mommy’s bookish blog again. So on Saturdays or Sundays we’re going to focus on a favorite book, show a book activity we tried, or review a book that someone sent to us. Hope you enjoy seeing the little guy on here again. Can you believe he’s over two and a half already?!
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey was published in 1948 and is illustrated with line drawings. Age range is 2 1/2-5 years old. 55 pages.
Sal goes to Bluberry Hill to pick blueberries with her mother. Little Bear comes to the same hill with her mother to fatten up for winter. The two little ones take breaks to eat berries and they lose their moms. When they go looking they get all mixed up, but luckily, the moms save the day and all ends well.
Gage loves bright colors and shorter, more action-type books, so imagine my surprise when he sat through this whole book, completely engaged. This morning we ate blueberries and blueberry bread outside while we read it.
It really isn’t until Little Bear and Big Bear, as Gage likes to call the mom, enter the story that Gage gets excited. If we go too many pages without seeing the bears he is ready to start flipping to find them! I picked this up at the library for one of my quizzes a while back not thinking he would look past the first few pages, but we’ve read it through at least a dozen times and this is what he thinks…
This oldie but goodie earns a big smile from Gage. (I’ll have to remember to brush his hair for next week :))
So when’s the last time you ate blueberries?
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I eat blueberries every day in my Greek yogurt – my favorite way to eat them.
Gage is adorable!
BTW I’m old enough to remember Captain Kangaroo read Blueberries For Sal 🙂
I remember liking Captain Kangaroo 🙂
Gage is getting so big! =)
I havent had blueberries in a long time, but they sound delicious!
I’m not much of a straight blueberry lover, but Gage eats them by the bowl full!
Gage is such a cutie … those pics are wonderful, Stacy!
Thanks, Beth!
I ate blueberries this morning. Glad Gage loved the book, it is one I have saved for grandkids.
Glad to hear you had a healthy breakfast like Gage 🙂
I love this book. You’ve inspired me to make blueberry pancakes this morning.
Those sound yummy!
Yea, Gage is back! He really does love his blueberries. I know firsthand that his Mama makes yummy b/b bread. The pics are adorable!
Some of my bread attempts are better than others!
I’m glad to see the ever adorable Gage back! I love his big smile. I had blueberries yesterday!
He does have a nice smile, doesn’t he? 😉
What a great idea to pair the reading of that book with blueberries and blueberry bread! And he is so cute, he doesn’t need his hair brushed! :–)
Well, even when I brush his hair there is only so much I can do. He definitely still has baby hair.
What a fun time for both of you Stacy.
It was nice 🙂
Sooo cute! He is getting so big! I am glad to see the little guy back:)
He’s happy to be back 🙂
I am sure glad he is back. And wonderful he has inherited your reading genes!
I ate a big bowl of blueberries last evening in front of the idiot box. I sprinkled a bit of table salt on it! Yummy!!!
I have never put salt on blueberries, but then I rarely salt anything. Maybe I’ll give it try next time. I’ll let you know.
Aww Gage is just the cutest, love seeing his obvious enjoyment of this one and I love blueberries too 🙂
Blueberries are especially good in summer so we eat lots of them.
Welcome back, Gage! He’s looking sweet as ever.
I had blueberry waffles for breakfast on Sunday. 🙂
Blueberries were popular among you all.
Eating a special bread and reading a special book looks like so much fun.
It was an easy thing 🙂
Awesome! What a fun thing to do in the morning with Gage! Blueberries, blueberry bread/muffins and a blueberry-themed book! Excellent!!! On my to-do list now with Gabe 🙂
Even more exciting when you have delicious snacks that match the book.
So glad to see Gage again and hope mommy is doing just as well also 🙂
I loved this one as a child and my son SAL loved it…probably because his name was in the title. So glad to hear and see that Gage is enjoying it too.
I read this with Ben years ago, when he was probably 2 1/2 or 3 and we were doing “Before 5-in-a-Row” (http://fiveinarow.com/before-five-in-a-row/) activities at home. Such a sweet story. I can’t remember what activities we did with it but I’m sure eating some blueberries was involved.
I love him wild hair and all….don’t change a thing! My boys loved this book too. He’s changing so much 🙂
I’m glad to see Gage again and Blueberries for Sal brings back memories of my own childhood! We had blueberries yesterday… and have more for today 🙂
I’m happy to see Gage is back. I don’t think I ever read Blueberries for Sal, but we do almost always have blueberries in the fridge. We even planted two blueberry bushes this year, although we’ll have to wait a year or two before we let them get berries.
Oh my gosh that used to be one of my fave books! So happy to see Gage enjoying it!
An enchanting story. No wonder he loved it!~
omg i love blueberry pancakes. i must make them soon! 🙂 thanks for the inspiration!
You and Gage do the most fun things together!
I’ve been thinking of starting up Mouse’s Corner on my blog which is something similar to your Weekends with Gage. Still working on the motivation factor.
I’ve wondered and wondered about this book but in the end I’ve never picked it up because Elle hasn’t quite gotten to the storybook age yet and the colors are so muted. Great for me but I haven’t imaged that it would capture her attention. I’m glad to hear that you said Gage was interested. Maybe I’ll see if the library has a copy and go from there.
And ahem, yes to the blueberries. My mom and I buy a big box of frozen blueberries from Oregon every year and they last the whole year. Elle loves to eat them frozen and they’re a great snack. Though the fresh blueberries this year have been pretty impressive too!
That last pic of Gage is just TOO CUTE! 🙂