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Patrick Skene Catling

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

February 14, 1925

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Patrick Skene Catling is a British children's book author and book reviewer best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952.

Catling was born and schooled in London and was educated there and at Oberlin College in the United States. Catling served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator and as a journalist at The Baltimore Sun and The Manchester Guardian.

He has traveled extensively. His present home is in the Republic of Ireland. He continues writing books, and writes reviews for The Spectator, The Telegraph, and other publications.

His first publication of The Chocolate Touch in 1952 received enthusiastic responses from several reviewers. The New York Herald Tribune remarked, "it has already proved a hilarious success with children ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 20,502 ratings · 1,588 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling, Margot Apple (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 20,341 ratings — published 1952 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Midas in the Dreamtime by Patrick Skene Catling, Jean Jenkins Loewer (Illustrator) 3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chocolate Magic (The Chocolate Touch, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skylark Gift Set: The Chocolate Touch/Ghost in My Soup/the Castle in the Attic/Lizard Music/Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days/Boxed Set by Patrick Skene Catling, Judi Miller 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Midas and the Vampires really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Experiment 3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1968 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Midas and the Radio Touch 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Better Than Working really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Surrogate 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jazz, Jazz, Jazz 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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― Patrick Skene Catling, The Chocolate Touch: Perfect Summer Reading for Kids

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“A little Toffee Crunch,”
― Patrick Skene Catling, The Chocolate Touch: Perfect Summer Reading for Kids

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“too much candy.”
― Patrick Skene Catling, The Chocolate Touch: Perfect Summer Reading for Kids

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