Sale price
$1799
Leave Me Alone!
Ages 4–7 · 2016
Sale price
$1899
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2021 · Est. 5 min read-aloud
Memory Jars
By Vera Brosgol
A young girl tries to preserve her favorite things in jars to keep them safe and unchanged forever.
3.9/5 Goodreads · 1,446 ratings
48 pages· 531 words· Est. 5 min read-aloud
$19.99Save 5%
Bookroo's summary
Freda loves blueberries but can't eat them all before they're gone. Inspired by Gran's jam-making, she starts preserving everything she loves. But as jars fill, Freda learns that saving everything means missing out on life's fleeting joys. Will she find a balance between holding on and letting go? Join Freda in a whimsical tale of memory and discovery.
From the publisher
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.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 48
- Words
- 531
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD600L
More from the creator
More from Vera Brosgol
Graphic Nov.
Sale price
$1499
Plain Jane and the Mermaid
Ages 8–12 · 2024
Graphic Nov.
Sale price
$1799
Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian
Ages 4–8 · 2018
Graphic Nov.
Sale price
$1499
Be Prepared
Ages 10–14 · 2018
Your next read
Books that feel like this one
Sale price
$1899
Bear Is a Bear
Ages 4–8 · 2021
Sale price
$1699
I Really Want to See You, Grandma
Ages 3–5 · 1979
Sale price
$1799
Let's Go to Taekwondo!
Ages 3–7 · 2020
Sale price
$1899
Reach for the Stars
Ages 4–8 · 2022
Sale price
$1799
How to Send a Hug
Ages 4–8 · 2022
Sale price
$1899
Spicy Spicy Hot!
Ages 4–8 · 2023
Sale price
$1799
What Is Love?
Ages 3–5 · 2021
Sale price
$1899
Just In Case You Want to Fly
Ages 3–7 · 2019
The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~3.9
- F&P level
- ~O
Publication
- Published
- May 25, 2021
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781250314871
- LCCN
- 2020039816
Surprise a reader with their next favorite book.
Spotted a mistake or something missing? Improve this page.
Are you the author or illustrator? Claim your book.
Top contributors: Emily