Good for testing the kids' logic skills.

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	• The Chocolate Touch Patrick Skene Catling HarperTrophy, 2006 - 128 pages average customer review:based on 85 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

great book for children

The Chocolate Touch is agreat book,even for children who do not like to read. It keeps their attention and makes them laugh while teaching a lesson about greed at the same time. All my children plus grandkids have enjoyed this book.

The Chocolate Touch

I remember reading this book as a child in third grade. I loved it then and still enjoy it today. I truly felt sorry for John when everything he ate turned to chocolate. I myself was and am a chocolate lover, but the idea of EVERYTHING tasting like chocolate is as horrifying to me know as it was as a child. The descriptions of the food and how it tasted to John was incredible and very vivid. I could taste the richness of each bite. I would recommend this book to any parent who has a child who insists on eating just one thing and nothing new. It puts a whole new perspective on trying lots of things.

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A Chocolate Surprise!!

My name is Nick, and I am 10 years old. I read this book and I liked it. I think everyone would like this book, except if you don't like chocolate. My favorite part was when Dr. Cranium said that John had Chocolatitis, where everything you touch turns to chocolate. The book was surprising because when John went to show his dad the brick building where he got the chocolate, the store was gone. You'll need to read the book to find out what happens to John's mom after she turns to chocolate.

Chocolate Touch Review

This a a GREAT book! Worthy of reading aloud to a class or for kids to read on their own :)

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Good for testing the kids' logic skills.

Patrick Skene Catling, The Chocolate Touch (Dell, 1952)

Light, funny morality tale about getting what you want. John Midas is a schoolchild who craves nothing more in the world than chocolate. One day, he finds a coin in the gutter which he takes to a chocolate store he's never seen before; what he buys there makes everything that touches his lips turn to chocolate. This causes varying measures of disbelief amongst his schoolmates, teachers, and parents, until an irrevocable act makes his curse impossible to ignore.

I have to admit that, the whole time I was reading the middle part of this book (where things turning to chocolate annoy and inconvenience him, without causing any major havoc), I kept wondering why he simply didn't offer to prove to anyone that this power existed, but it never seems to have occurred to him. This always strikes me as a major failing of the author's when I run across it; there's a simple, logical way for someone to get out of a situation, and they just fail to think of it for the purpose of advancing the plot. That said, it's a quick, humorous read, and one would think that the target audience for the book won't be so critical of various plot failures. (If your kid asks the same question, though, rejoice, for he is well on the way to being a writer. Or despair, for he is well on the way to being a media critic.) ***

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John midas loves chocolate. He loves it so much that he'll eat it any hour of any day. He doesn't care if he ruins his appetite. He thinks chocolate is better than any other food! But one day, after wandering into a candy store and buying a piece of their best chocolate, John finds out that there might just be such a thing as too much chocolate. . . .

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