A Good Run: Maple Syrup's Sweet Journey - Softcover

Smith, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478781521 ISBN 13: 9781478781523

Publisher: Outskirts Press, 2017

Synopsis

Syrup on pancakes - yummy!  Follow Sap the Droplet into the Jordan Sugar Bush and learn the process of sap to syrup from the first drop in the bucket to the boiling and taste testing.  The Jordan family produces maple syrup every year and it is important to have "A Good Run!"
This read along style children's book is designed to inform and educate young and old on the process of how maple syrup gets from the tree to your pancakes.  The narrator is Sap the Droplet and he will guide you through the Jordan Sugar Bush as they gather sap from the trees and transport it to the sap house where it will be boiled into syrup.  It is difficult to put an age level on this book.  Although it is written as a read along book for children, many adults have told the author they enjoyed it and also learned something!

About this title

About the Author

Judy Smith lives in Oak Island, North Carolina.  She grew up in Upstate New York where she and her husband, Don, raised three children.  She spent years working in law offices and in the court system while writing children's stories as a hobby.   After moving to the beach, she retired from the daily office work and does legal transcription from her home.  Her loves are her family, including her six grandchildren, writing, machine embroidery, crafts, kayaking and traveling with her husband.  She has enjoyed writing children's stories for many, many years, but unfortunately did not pursue getting a story published until now.  Her desire is to continue to write about the Jordan family in the Four Seasons of Farming, which will center on the year-round work on their dairy farm.  Her son, Andy, illustrated A Good Run.  He also lives in Oak Island with his girlfriend, Shelby, and their two dogs.  He enjoys drawing and hopes to illustrate future children's books.

From the Back Cover

The Sap Is Running! Syrup on pancakes - yummy! Follow Sap the Droplet into the Jordan Sugar Bush and learn the process of sap to syrup from the first drop in the bucket to the boiling and taste testing. The Jordan family produces maple syrup every year and it is important to have "A Good Run!"

From the Inside Flap

Summer, Fall, Winter . . . Spring.
For the people who make maple syrup, the season that falls between winter and spring is Sap Season!

Edition details

• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1478781521
• ISBN 13: 9781478781523
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Smith Andy
• Number of pages: 34