From Maple Tree to Syrup by Melanie Mitchell

Good story to add some fiction to a maple syrup unit. The book ends with them losing out on the drop of syrup to Barron Van Waffle but deciding that they are friends and they should share some butter. My girls enjoyed following them on their race and really liked the last page that folds out to show the entire refrigerator where you can recreate their journey. The story uses rhyming text to tell the story. This book tells the story of two friends Sir French Toast and Lady Pancake who race through the refrigerator to get to the last drop of syrup. Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast by Josh Funk Recommended for a good way to learn the process and introduce it to children before reading some of the more detailed books.

It was a very short book, but it does discuss the process in a very easy way for children to follow. This is a very simple book that covers the basics of how maple syrup is made.

The illustrations in this book are great and very life like, they give the children listening a lot to look at and are quite well done. The characters in this book even use a horse drawn sleigh to collect the buckets. It covers a lot of different tasks that must be done in order to get maple syrup (from hanging buckets, to cleaning jars for the syrup, to boiling the sap). Sugarbush Spring by Marsha Wilson Chall and illustrated by Jim DalyĪ young girl joins her family to make maple syrup in this book. If you are looking for ideas on activities to include in this unit, please click here. Below are the books recommended for this topic, along with a quick review of each to help you decide if it would work for your children. The books we read covered a wide range of maple syrup and sugaring related topics, ranging from its production to the history to how people enjoy it. With so much to love about maple syrup it made it an easy choice to teach my children about. I love every maple based product and enjoy coming up with new things to pair my maple syrup with.

I love trying a warm sample fresh from the evaporator. I love seeing the steam rising from the roof letting everyone know that maple syrup season has begun. I love the smell of the sap boiling as you enter the sugar house.

From Maple Tree to Syrup by Melanie Mitchell