maple syrup

Briefly introduces the process by which maple syrup is made from the sap of a sugar maple tree.

A young boy spends his spring vacation helping his grandpa with the annual ritual of tapping the trees, collecting the sap, and making sweet, sticky maple syrup.

Grandpa leads the way as his family works together to tap maple trees, collect sap, and make syrup.

Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from maple trees and processes it into maple syrup.

Describes how Indians have relied on the sugar maple tree for food and tells how an Anishinabe Indian in Minnesota continues his people's traditions by teaching students to tap the trees and make maple sugar.

Describes, in text and photographs, the making of maple syrup from tapping the tree and collecting the sap to cooking and packaging.

Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from maple trees and processes it into maple syrup.

Explains how maple syrup is made and describes some of the activities that mark sugaring season, such as parades, hay rides, and horse-drawn sleighs.

Mr. and Mrs. Mapleworth try to find out who is stealing the maple sap they are gathering to make maple syrup.