By Chantal Schamber
I grew up reading “Blueberries for Sal,” a childhood classic set in Maine about a young girl who goes blueberry picking with her mother. Not to spoil this 76-year-old story, but Sal ends up running into a baby bear who is also eating blueberries in this patch with its mother.
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