Chocolate Day!
Did you know today is Chocolate Day? If you love chocolate as much as I do, you will want to share these books about chocolate with your children. Plus, a book Sandra Boynton (a children’s author) wrote just for you!!!
Who Was Milton Hershey?
By James Buckley and Illustrated by Ted Hammond
Published by Grosset & Dunlap
Milton Hershey was the man who invented the chocolate bar! He was not afraid to dream big and work hard. In time, he discovered the secret to mass-producing milk chocolate.
The Biography of Chocolate (How Did That Get Here?)
By Adrianna Morganelli
Published by Crabtree Publishing Company
Learn how the ancient Aztecs created a special drink from the beans of the cacao tree and later how those beans became the delicious treat known as chocolate.
Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s “Chocolate Pilot”
By Michael O. Tunnell
Published by Charlesbridge
In 1948, the Soviet United blockaded West Berlin in an attempted to starve the people into accepting Communism. The United States and Britain airlifted food and supplies to the people. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail S. Halverson wanted to lift the spirits of the isolated children and started dropping chocolate and gum from his plane.
Chocolate: The Consuming Passion
By Sandra Boynton
Workman Publishing Company
Can you believe it! Sandra Boynton actually wrote a book about CHOCOLATE for grown-ups? A great read! Sumptuously illustrated and filled with both useful facts and funny misinformation.