Memory Jars - Roaring Brook Press

A young girl finds a clever way to keep her favorite thingsand peopleclose 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