Blueberries for Sal
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Blueberries for Sal (1976) is a popular book by Caldecott medal-winning author Robert McCloskey. The book deals with Little Sal, who is going blueberry picking with her mother. She accidentally swaps mothers with Little Bear, who is doing exactly the same thing at the same time. Sal also appears in McCloskey's One Morning in Maine. It is said that Sal and Sal's mother are modeled after McCloskey's wife, Margaret, and daughter, Sarah.
Blueberries for Sal won the Caldecott Honor citation.