Leave it to Tavia Gilbert to provide a narration that enriches this story of friendship, disagreement, and resolution. With three distinct voices for the three friends–a high-pitched bird; a gentle, growly voiced bear; and a low-pitched, slow-to-speak snail–Gilbert invites young listeners on a day’s adventure. Boom prefers an outing to the beach with flippers and a tube; Twitty, the mountains with binoculars and boots. But what about Snot? And where does the trail of blueberries lead? Pregnant pauses, gentle music, and precisely placed sound effects–the blowing up of the tube and the click of a camera, for example–add to the drama and verisimilitude of the story. AudioFile Magazine