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Paterson, John , Paterson, Katherine

Blueberries for the Queen

32 pp. | HarperCollins | June, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-06-623942-7 $$17.99 | Library ISBN 0-06-623943-5 $$18.89
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Susan Jeffers. It's 1942, and William is considered too little to do war work like his family. He settles for "peace work" and gives a gift of fresh-picked blueberries to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, who is temporarily living in Massachusetts. Based on a true event, the story captures a child's sense of longing to prove his worth, and Jeffers's art ably transforms him into the knight he dreams of being.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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