Sugarbush Spring

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Summary: Illistrations are wonderful
Review: 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.

Rating:
Summary: Illistrations are wonderful
Review: 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.

Rating:
Summary: Sugarbush Spring
Review: 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.

Rating:
Summary: Sugarbush Spring
Review: 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.

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Summary: Sugarbrush Spring is here: time to go make the maple syrup!
Review: When I was a kid (the first time) the idea of tapping trees for maple syrup was a pretty exotic idea. I did not have the best appreciation of where various foodstuffs, but the idea that something this great from a tree was a fantastic idea. So when I came across "Sugarbrush Spring," which tells of the joy of making maple syrup my inner child insisted I check it out and make French toast for dinner (which also requires chocolate milk, but that is another story). Marsha Wilson Chall tells of the month of the Maple Sugar Moon during which sugarbrush spring falls. This is a type of "spring" in which the snow is still on the ground and icicles are raining on Grandpa's porch roof (we have White Easters up here, so I can appreciate this). Jim Daly's illustrations are the sort of paintings that remind you a bit of Norman Rockwell and you will not be surprised that he has his work published as limited-edition prints. I like seeing all the things the kids come up with to do while the adults are busy making the syrup. However, I bet that this book will touch those who have happy memories of sugarbrush springs past more than those who are taking a vicarious look at the magic process.

Rating:
Summary: Sugarbrush Spring is here: time to go make the maple syrup!
Review: When I was a kid (the first time) the idea of tapping trees for maple syrup was a pretty exotic idea. I did not have the best appreciation of where various foodstuffs, but the idea that something this great from a tree was a fantastic idea. So when I came across "Sugarbrush Spring," which tells of the joy of making maple syrup my inner child insisted I check it out and make French toast for dinner (which also requires chocolate milk, but that is another story). Marsha Wilson Chall tells of the month of the Maple Sugar Moon during which sugarbrush spring falls. This is a type of "spring" in which the snow is still on the ground and icicles are raining on Grandpa's porch roof (we have White Easters up here, so I can appreciate this). Jim Daly's illustrations are the sort of paintings that remind you a bit of Norman Rockwell and you will not be surprised that he has his work published as limited-edition prints. I like seeing all the things the kids come up with to do while the adults are busy making the syrup. However, I bet that this book will touch those who have happy memories of sugarbrush springs past more than those who are taking a vicarious look at the magic process.