The Blueberry Train

C. L. G. Martin

ISBN 10: 0689803044 / ISBN 13: 9780689803048

Published by Atheneum, 1995

About this Item

Kid's fiction: when a boy wants to wear long pants because big boys wear long pants. In order to exchange his short pants for long ones," he set out to ride the Blueberry Train to Copper Creek to pick enough blueberries to sell and buy himself some long pants." * wonderful illustrations *DJ has slight blousing on the top edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Blueberry Train
• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689803044
• ISBN 13: 9780689803048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Angela Trotta Thomas
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Trying to prove that he is old enough to wear long pants, Louis decides to ride the blueberry train to Copper Creek, where he plans to pick enough berries to sell them and buy long pants of his own.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 2?Used to being treated like a little boy, Louis is surprised when his mother allows him to take the train to the mountains to pick blueberries by himself. He wants to earn enough money to buy long pants in order to look grown-up. After a sleepless night, he is joined on the train by a lady and boy with covered faces. Once at his destination, he wanders off by himself and meets a baby bear and its ferocious mother. He is helped by the mysterious lady and boy, who turn out to be his own mother and brother. While Mother agrees he was very brave, she tells him that he will always be her baby. Thomas's illustrations capture the nostalgic feeling of turn-of-the-century Minnesota with soft colors, period dress, and detailed settings. The train is sleek and beautiful with clouds of smoke. The bear is realistically scary, but the faces of the main characters aren't entirely consistent from page to page. A pleasant story about bygone days showing the universality of a boy longing to be grown up and a mother who will always love her child even when he wears long pants.?Martha Gordon, formerly at South Salem Library, NY
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