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

Nora wants to find a way to give the horses a special treat for helping her grandfather and her gather sap to make maple syrup.

A boy and his grandfather tap the sap from the maple trees and process it into maple syrup.

Two young brothers help their Dad in another season of sugaring off, the process by which maple syrup is made. The process of collecting maple tree sap in buckets, to boiling it down into syrup is described here as it follows this family's day of creating this sweet treat. The book ends with a typical New England tradition of pouring fresh, hot syrup over snow and a reward for the hard work.