Overview

Nicholas Preston, age 8, is a blueberry guy. Lately, that’s been a very good thing, because the blueberry bushes his parents planted in their yard have been delivering more fruit than a family of four can pick … or eat! Last summer they recruited neighbors to help with the harvest and take away what they picked. Still, the Prestons have been eating blueberry jam, syrup, muffins, even burgers (!) throughout the year. This summer the crop is even bigger, but Nico has a plan. If he can convince all his classmates to volunteer a day to pick the berries, they’ll all get the best blueberries in town and he’ll have plenty left to sell. Then if he can sell enough, he wil donate the money to the Community Center fund so they can open the park at the end of the summer. But first, he’ll have to protect the crop from a Mama Bear and her cubs who live in the forest behind their house and seem to love nothing more than blueberries. And, he’s going to have to convince his teacher to give him time to persuade his classmates to help out. And, on the chosen date, when his classmates don’t show up, he’s going to have to keep on believing. What’s more, when the harvest is in and it seems that everyone in town already has more blueberries than they need, Nico has to find a place where there will be customers for his berries. For this, he’ll need permission from the crankiest man on their street. In this chapter book everyday adventures combine with the power of friendship, the rewards of persistence, and what just may be a little bit of magic to help Nicholas succeed and be named Raccoon Creek’s Businessman of the Year. Young chapter book readers will root for Nico and cheer for his success.

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.. .A vanilla-flavored tale with a built-in community-service message that may encourage youthful entrepreneurial efforts-or at least kindness to bears. .. This a gentle, pleasant read with cute line illustrations by Tuchman. --Daniel Kraus School Library Journal .. .Simple, yet very satisfying...I especially appreciate the way she weaved Robert McCloskey's book Blueberries for Sal into the text. Black & white illustrations by Mark Tuchman add to the lightness of the story and help extend it. Never cloying or saccharine, fans of Dory Fantasmagory and the Judy Moody/Stink series will enjoy this beginning chapter book. --Stephanie Bange Good Reads

.. .A vanilla-flavored tale with a built-in community-service message that may encourage youthful entrepreneurial efforts-or at least kindness to bears. .. This a gentle, pleasant read with cute line illustrations by Tuchman. --Daniel Kraus School Library Journal .. .Simple, yet very satisfying...I especially appreciate the way she weaved Robert McCloskey's book Blueberries for Sal into the text. Black & white illustrations by Mark Tuchman add to the lightness of the story and help extend it. Never cloying or saccharine, fans of Dory Fantasmagory and the Judy Moody/Stink series will enjoy this beginning chapter book. --Stephanie Bange Good Reads Simple, yet very satisfying...I especially appreciate the way she weaved Robert McCloskey's book Blueberries for Sal into the text. Black & white illustrations by Mark Tuchman add to the lightness of the story and help extend it. Never cloying or saccharine, fans of Dory Fantasmagory and the Judy Moody/Stink series will enjoy this beginning chapter book. --Stephanie Bange Good Reads A gentle, pleasant read with cute line illustrations by Tuchman. --Daniel Kraus School Library Journal A flavored tale with a built-in community-service message that may encourage youthful entrepreneurial efforts-or at least kindness to bears.

Author Information

Children’s books have been at the center of Lauren L. Wohl’s career. She worked in children’s book publishing – at long-established houses like Harper and Random House and at brand new imprints including Roaring Brook Press, First Second Books, Disney Press, and Hyperion Books for Children. She is a librarian with a specialty in children’s services and worked as a school librarian in New York City. Lauren was director of James Patterson’s ReadKiddoRead program, and currently consults for National Geographic, The Cornell Lab Publishing Group and Persnickety Press, Rodale Kids, and Fabled Films as well as the literary agency New Leaf Literary and Media. She’s been a mentor in the MFA program at Simmons College and taught publishing and children’s book writing at New York University and at Miami Dade College. She’s written a handful of books over the years, most recently A Teeny Tiny Halloween (published by Persnickety Press). A native New Yorker, Lauren now lives with her husband in Lenox, Massachusetts and Miami Beach, Florida. By day, Mark Tuchman is the creative director for School Library Journal. At home, he is dad to three very creative children who direct him as he works on illustration projects. Before his magazine career, Mark worked full-time creating cartoon-style illustrations. When he was a kid he made comics including a daily strip that appeared on the blackboard of his 7th grade science classroom! Blue (as in “blueberries”) is Mark's favorite color and the color of his eyes. Mark and his family live in Brooklyn, New York.

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