It’s old, I know. As much as I love new books, I love old ones too. Published in 1948, Blueberries for Sal has a parallel plot structure which is perfect for drawing comparisons. I see charts comparing bears to humans and charts comparing mothers to children. What would happen if the mothers bumped into each other the way the babies did?
It seems so simple, picking wild blueberries on the hillside. Yet there’s so much going on: local food, canning, onomatopoeia (kuplink! kuplank! kuplunk!), habitats and nature. Get back to the basics via a Robert McCloskey picture book.
An Education in Books Blog 
I see this book at the library but have never read it. I too like old books – they usually have such a nice smell to them. But kids seem to like the brand spanking new ones at the library. I’ll have to find a new printing of this book maybe. Or just forget the kids and get the Mom Person to read it to me from the library! Thanks for suggesting it.
I have a brand new copy right next to me–it’s had quite a few print runs over the years–so you can get that new book scent with the time-tested story inside. New + old = Best of both worlds.