The Stories Around the World Blog are hosting a World Book Tour!
First Phyllis started in San Antonio, Texas and visited Mrs. Kistler and the 49′ers. Then she came to Washington state to visit the Bulldog Readers!
Here’s what Phyllis looks like!
Our second graders read about Phyllis and how she tried to warn her friends that a snow storm was coming. However, since it was on April Fool’s Day, nobody believed her! You will have to read the book to find out what happens!
After we finished reading the story we talked about our favorite parts.
“My favorite part was when Phyllis was trying to tell everyone about the blizzard!” ~~Isabella
“My favorite part was when Phyllis throws maple candy in the air!” ~~Marcus
“My favorite part was when it was snowing on April Fools!” ~~Eric
One thing we all agreed on was that nobody (except Mrs. Hembree) has seen maple sap buckets or lines hooked up to maple trees. The only way we know maple syrup is by finding it in a jar or jug!
Mrs. Hembree told us how when she was a little girl in Massachusetts, she and her grandmother used to take walks into the woods in the late winter. People tapped the maple trees and sap dripped into buckets hanging under the hole.
Then the sap was gathered up and brought to a large pot where it boiled and became syrup. The children had dishes or cones filled with snow and then had the hot syrup poured over the snow. Yummy! Yummy!
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- Photo by Erin Zimmer of www.seriouseats.com at Harlow’s Sugar House, Putney, Vermont 2008.
We hope Phyllis will get there in time for April Fool’s Day! We had a great visit with Phyllis here in Seattle. We hope she has a wonderful world tour.
Have fun in Canada, Phyllis!
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Have you ever had maple syrup on snow or ice cream before?
What is the best April Fool’s trick you ever played on someone?