A review by swtmarie
Memory Jars by Vera Brosgol

3.0

Peculiar story about a little girl named Freda who wants to eat all of the fresh blueberries that she has picked with her Gran. When she realizes it's impossible to eat all of them (she was giving me a stomachache just looking at her eat a wagon full of berries! lol) Gran tells her that they can jar them up and save them to make blueberry jam. Once Freda realizes that she can jar all of her favorite things to keep for later, she begins putting in strange items, such as her best friend, Jack. When she finally persuades her Gran to get into one of her jars, things begin going downhill and Freda realizes how lonely she is without her. She releases Gran and they enjoy some toast with blueberry jam on it on a cold winter day. My favorite part was the recipe for blueberry jam in the back and the colorful illustrations.