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Sugarbush Spring

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Jim Daly is a wonderful illustrator. The pictures actually come alive on the page, you can visualize what the words are actually saying. Children, as well as adults, can learn about the trees; how big they have to be before you should tap them and why doesn't sap run all of the time, etc. The only thing that is not true is the temperature that the syrup is drawn off from the rig is not the same temperature you would need for sugar on snow. This picture gave my kids false ideas to try at our sugar house. Overall though this is a wonderful book.

My family has made maple syrup for years. Reading this book I felt like I was back in the woods gathering sap and could almost smell the syrup as it boiled in the pan and taste its sweetness. The pictures are beautiful and the information right on the mark. As syrup making is a family event I will have to buy copies for all of my family.

A little girl goes to the sugarbush (stand of Maple trees) with her Grandpa to help tap the trees for sap. She later waits patiently for the sap to be boiled down into syrup and canned. As she waits, she enjoys a treat of hot syrup poured over snow.

I love the illustrations in this book! A note tells us that they are actually oil paintings. The details in each one are amazing; from the harnesses on the horses to the sunlight shining through the syrup!

I also love the family unity in this story. Three generations work together to turn the sap into syrup. Friends and neighbors also help. This kind of community involvement is hard to come by these days.