Memory Jars

A young girl finds a clever way to keep her favorite things--and people--close to her forever in Memory Jars, from Caldecott Honoree Vera Brosgol. Freda is devastated when she can t eat all the delicious blueberries she s picked. She has to wait a whole year before they re back, and she doesn t want to lose them! Then Gran reminds her that they can save blueberries in a jar, as jam. So Freda begins to save all her favorite things. But it turns out that saving everything also means she can t enjoy anything, and Freda realizes that some things are best saved as memories.