  | Book Details Title: Bear Goes Sugaring |
Book DescriptionReview ★ “Watercolor and pencil illustrations by Eaton (the Truth About series) illustrations have a cheery, get-’er-done orderliness, efficiently conveying a wealth of information with comics-style panels, cinematic framing, text callouts, and just the right number of comic asides from Bear’s peanut gallery. The afterword takes a broader view, noting that sugaring helps preserve stands of sugar maples, and that the result isn’t ‘manufactured in a distant facility with chemical processes. No corporations. Just backyards, buckets, campfires, and friends.’ (And pancakes?)” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review ★ “Even as Eaton folds in lots of information, diagrams, and solid vocabulary (‘spiles,’ ‘brace,’ ‘sugarbush’), the antics of Bear’s two sidekicks—Squirrel and Dog—will keep readers in stitches and turning pages and learning a lot about the process of maple sugaring. . . . Readers are sure to request both rereads and pancakes…and maybe a few spiles and buckets of their own.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review ★ “Eaton breaks the whole DIY process into detailed steps, highlighting the tools Bear uses to drill and tap, the role of the collecting buckets, the estimated proportions of sap to syrup, the construction of an outdoor evaporation unit, the boiling off of sap water, the straining and finishing of the syrup indoors, and of course, the pancakes. While Bear goes happily and confidently through her well-practiced paces, Dog and Squirrel provide just the right amount of kibitzing and isn’t-it-ready-yet histrionics. This cheery title will serve equally well as a humorously cartooned winter idyll or an actual guide book with suggestions on how to accomplish a smaller scale production. Then regardless of choice—aspirational or practical—there must, of course, be pancakes.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Starred Review “The text describes the process of sugaring from beginning to end: when to tap maple trees, the tools needed for gathering sap, and the steps it takes to turn sap into delicious syrup. . . . The drawings act as a visual aid, especially if sugaring is new to readers. Humorous commentary from Bear’s friends Squirrel and Dog may reflect what readers are thinking throughout the story. . . . a great teaching resource for science curricula about trees and seasons”—School Library Journal “A wonderfully specific book that will delight the right readers, especially in maple syrup territory of the Northeast and Midwest.”—Booklist Read more About the Author Maxwell Eaton writes and illustrates The Truth About series, Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals. This series includes The Truth About Dolphins, The Truth About Hippos, The Truth About Elephants and The Truth About Bears which received multiple starred reviews. He lives in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. Read more Customers Review:I bought this for my adult son who recently bought property with maple trees. He’s interested in making syrup but has no experience. This book gives a simple yet complete overview of making syrup. It will also be fun for his nephews who come to stay. | |
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