
After you have finished reading, ask children the recall questions below.As you go through the book, have children locate Little Sal, Mother, and/or the bears on each page.Read the story, moving your finger under the words as you read.

Tell the child that blueberries are little fruits that grow on bushes like the ones shown on the cover.Have children repeat the title as you point to each word. Read the title of the book on the cover, pointing to each word as you say it.

Little Sal's mother and Little Bear's mother discover their children are missing and go off to find them. Sal and the cub stop to rest, and when they get up, they start to follow each other's mother. On the other side of Blueberry Hill, a mother bear and her cub are eating blueberries to store up fat for the winter. Mother wants to can, or preserve, the berries so they will have food for the winter. Little Sal and her mother go to Blueberry Hill to pick blueberries. Of 2 Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
