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melissasarahrobinson's review
3.0
I like Gary Schmidt's writing and the premise and illustrations are charming. A young boy is waiting eagerly to tap the maple syrup trees with his father. Overall rather underwhelming execution.
jesstele's review
4.0
G. Brian Karas’ illustrations get me every time. I very much enjoyed this father/son book about the passage of time and maple sugaring.
calistareads's review
3.0
This book is about waiting. This boy is excited for the sap to start running so they can make syrup. The days have to get warmer, the nights have to get shorter. Every day it’s wait, wait, wait. Then his tooth gets loose and he has to wait for that to fall out too. But in the end we see time does pass and they do make their syrup.
I wasn’t crazy about the artwork. It feels more like a comic strip and it didn’t help the story for me. This is a beginning book for anyone.
I thought this was more of a winter book and this is about the coming spring and the snows melting. We have nothing to melt, sadly, so not the book I really wanted.
My nephew is about to lose a tooth right now, so he related to the boy in the story. He was also asking, when is the boy going to lose his tooth, over and over. My nephew has a hard time waiting. He gave this about 2 stars. He thought nothing much happens but waiting and breakfast and that’s boring. This tooth of his has been loose for at least a week. I do wonder how much longer it will hold out.
I wasn’t crazy about the artwork. It feels more like a comic strip and it didn’t help the story for me. This is a beginning book for anyone.
I thought this was more of a winter book and this is about the coming spring and the snows melting. We have nothing to melt, sadly, so not the book I really wanted.
My nephew is about to lose a tooth right now, so he related to the boy in the story. He was also asking, when is the boy going to lose his tooth, over and over. My nephew has a hard time waiting. He gave this about 2 stars. He thought nothing much happens but waiting and breakfast and that’s boring. This tooth of his has been loose for at least a week. I do wonder how much longer it will hold out.
t2p's review
2.0
New VRC: Meh. It wasn't bad, but it really wasn't much of anything. Not sure that kids will connect with the maple sugaring stuff.
maidmarianlib's review against another edition
3.0
A unique context and good lessons on waiting and patience.
tashrow's review against another edition
4.0
Ethan finds it really hard to wait for the maple sap to start running in the late winter. He knows the signs of the time approaching. It’s when he doesn’t have maple syrup for pancakes or oatmeal. His father explains that the days have to get warmer for the syrup to run as well as the nights getting shorter. Ethan thinks he notices it changing, but sometimes gets too eager like not wearing his winter coat anymore. When Ethan’s tooth gets loose, his father tells him that it should fall out around the same time as the sap starts running. Now Ethan has two things to wait for, but one that he can perhaps make happen a bit faster by wiggling it. Still, it takes some time for his tooth to loosen and for the weather to change. Then one day, it’s finally time both for maple syrup and for his tooth to fall out.
Schmidt and Stickney have created a classic tale about patience and waiting for things to happen. Ethan is wonderfully impatient and yet also able to wait, though not really without asking again and again about it. As the darkness refuses to lessen and the days refuse to warm, readers will understand his anticipation. The use of breakfasts to mark a lack of syrup is clever and homey, just to add even more warmth and love to the book. It’s great to see a book with a caretaker father which is not about the lack of a mother or being in a unique family. It’s particularly wonderful to see such a skillful and loving dad.
Karas’ illustrations capture the dark days of winter, the snow that refuses to disappear, and the slow process of the arrival of early spring. The darkness lurks against the warm yellow of the interior of the home, offering real contrast as the pages turn.
A sweet but not syrupy picture book about fathers, patience and food. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
Schmidt and Stickney have created a classic tale about patience and waiting for things to happen. Ethan is wonderfully impatient and yet also able to wait, though not really without asking again and again about it. As the darkness refuses to lessen and the days refuse to warm, readers will understand his anticipation. The use of breakfasts to mark a lack of syrup is clever and homey, just to add even more warmth and love to the book. It’s great to see a book with a caretaker father which is not about the lack of a mother or being in a unique family. It’s particularly wonderful to see such a skillful and loving dad.
Karas’ illustrations capture the dark days of winter, the snow that refuses to disappear, and the slow process of the arrival of early spring. The darkness lurks against the warm yellow of the interior of the home, offering real contrast as the pages turn.
A sweet but not syrupy picture book about fathers, patience and food. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review against another edition
3.0
A boy is waiting for the sap to run. Then it will be sugaring time.
He's waiting.
And waiting.
And then his tooth is loose.
And he's waiting for that, too.
He's waiting.
And waiting.
And then his tooth is loose.
And he's waiting for that, too.
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