Chocolate

by Janet Hardy-Gould

Features topics such as environmental issues, historical facts, and culture.

Full-color photographs, introductions, glossaries, and exercises enhance student reading and learning.

Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.

64 pages, Paperback

First published October 9, 2011

About the author

Janet Hardy-Gould is a graded reader author whose books are hugely popular with teachers and students around the world. She has written a wide range of graded readers for Oxford University Press. These include Ellis Island: Rosalia's Story (Oxford Dominoes) which won the Extensive Reading Foundation (ERF) award in 2020 and Merlin (Oxford Dominoes) which won the ERF award in 2015, plus Amelia Earhart (Oxford Bookworms Library) which was shortlisted for the ERF final in 2015, and Women Who Made A Difference which was shortlisted in 2025. You can follow Janet's Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/JanetHardyGo...
Her best-selling titles include Henry VIII and his Six Wives (Oxford Bookworms Library) and Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown (Oxford Dominoes). Many of her works are cartoons or highly-illustrated books for students starting out in English and they include Sinbad, Mulan, Ali Baba and The Great Fire of London (Oxford Dominoes Starters).
Janet believes that graded readers are one of the fastest and most enjoyable ways for learners to improve their English and a wonderful tool for developing reading skills and vocabulary. It is also highly motivating for students to choose their own book on a subject they are interested in. With this in mind, she has produced books on a variety of popular factual subjects such as Hollywood, San Francisco, Deserts and Chocolate (Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles).

Reviews

[Reham Elkomy · Rating 3 out of 5]

7/11/2025

[Moayed hossami · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5

It's amazing book

[Yuto Kitazawa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time 70 minutes
7 word summary
1 history 2 machine 3 darkside 4 type 5 present 6 cooking 7 place

Discussion
Daniel Peter, an inventor in Switzerland failed to mix up chocolate and cheese. Do you know something match with chocolate?
My answer → Snack is match with chocolate! I sometimes eat Arare(Japanese snack) with chocolate.
There are several places famous as chocolate country such as West Afrca, Brazil, Indonesia, and South America. Witch country do you want to go to eat chocolate and why?
My answer → I want to go to South America because there is the most expensive chocolate there. I want to eat it. However, may I can buy it only one time. I don't have big money!


Comment.
There were some surprising things in this book. For example, there are children who has to work on chocolate job and they get a liite money from the work. I learned many things from this book. Now I'm intersted in chocolate. There are 3000 types of chocolate in the world! I want to try them so I eat them when I go the chocolate countries.

[MTRC · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.0 ⭐️
•Esta reseñan la escribí el 11.09.2023 pero en otra “opción” de este libro que no es popular, así que decidí cambiarla a este.

•I wrote this review in spanish because is my language and I think the people who buy this book, wants learn english. Also because I don't think
someone read this 🤓☝️ (My english is bad, I know).

Me terminé el libro anoche como a las 00:10 aproximadamente y debo decir que lo disfruté, es un libro rápido de leer y que te ayuda a ampliar tu vocabulario, además de que el tema de la historia del chocolate es bastante interesante.
Según la contraportada del libro es para nivel A2-B1 y según yo, se nota, porque se puede ver como repiten conectores y utilizan palabras simples.
Al final del libro incluye un vocabulario y actividades (de las cuales sólo realice algunas).
Eso. 🕺

[S · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very delicious book! It highlights chocolates' stories from the cacao beans, bars, different chocolate names to the gardens and factories! Also, it mentions the dark stories; men and children who is making a terrible journey to work on the plantations.

[Hind_j · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading this book made me have the desire to eat a chocolate bar!

[Khitam · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a good book. Shows the history of chocolate.

[Eman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book now I have new information about chocolate 🍫😊

[nora · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading the book, Now I have enough information about chocolate history .
The book is so easy to read..🤞🏻

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a piece of chocolate

[Ayumi · Rating 5 out of 5]

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LEVEL2
Time: 10/7= 65 minutes
7words summery: people, love, chocolate, long time, enjoy, event
Discuss Questions:
1 Do you like chocolate? Why?
A - Yes, I do! Because I feel happy when I eat chocolate.
2 Do you want tp go to chocolate museum in Barcelona?
A - Yes,I do! I really want to go there because in there, I can find some of Barcelona's most famous building which are made of chocolate.

I really like chocolate, so I chose this book. It was very interesting for me. AndI must not forget that many children in West Africa work on cacao plantations long time to get a little money. We should buy fair trade chocolate!!

[Sakai Yurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

oxford bookworms level2
time 80min
7 word summary chocolate everyone love history world dark side

1 which type of chocolate do you like??
well I like white chocolate. I like sweet one!! Especially, I like white chocolate on rusk!!

2 have you ever made chocolate for someone? if no, have you got it or given someone??
I made it my friends!! Unfortunately,not boys haha!! I made chocolate donuts!!

I learned many chocolate history!! it was really excited for me!! During reading this book, I found a famous people name such as van houten!! I also found fair trade!! there are fair trade in chocolate trade!! I want to find that!!

[Inaba Rina · Rating 4 out of 5]

-Oxford bookworms stage2
-Tume:10/8,9,10,11,12=15 minutes each days...totale 75 minutes
-7 words summeary: history-drink-process-component-kind-presents-cooking
-Discussion questions:
1. What kind of chokolate dish do you like?
*I cannot choose one, but I often eat pocky:)
2.How often do you eat chocolate?
*I always eat it because I bring chocolate every day! but I have decided on only one per day.

I love chocolate, so I can learn many things about chocolate. I was surprised there are many special days around the world!!

[Moeko Matsuo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chocolate, Level2
5/5/2013
Time:60mins

7-words:chocolate-now-past-history-production-problem-information

Discussion question:
Do you like chocolates? Why?
-I like chocolates because it's very sweet and yummy! I've loved it since I was a little.

My impression:
I really enjoyed reading this book. I like chocolate but I didn't know about it very much, so I was happy to know.
There were many information about chocolate which I didn't know, and I think I became more I like chocolate than before.
I absolutely recommend this book for people who like chocolate very much!

[Yuki Miyashita · Rating 3 out of 5]

-Oxford Bookwarms level2
-Time 30/9 65minutes
-7 words summary: distribution,history,makers,dark,types,cooking,changing
-2 questions
1.What kind of chocolate do you like?
I love dark chocolate especialy cacao70%
2.if the price of chocolate rise and be expensive, will you buy and eat them?
I think I'll buy them. Chocolate is attractive

I know these famous chocolate makers's name but I'm not familiar with them and I didn't know the dark side story of chocolate

[Ryosuke Sakai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Level2
Time:9/25=10minute.9/30=40minute.
7-word-summary:icecream-ingredient-invent-jam-melt-paste-powder
Discus Questions
1:I think all people like chocolate,so in your case, do you like it?
Sure. When I feet tired, Itend to have it. Especially after class every thursday,because I have five classses in a day.
2:Do you have a good memory about valentine day?
Let me see, my last girlfriend made chaocolate sweet for me, but we were broke up.

[Kota Shiiyama · Rating 4 out of 5]

Janet Hardy-Gould, Oxford, level 2

Time 70 minutes

7 words
chocolate-origin-spreed-changing-cooking-way-flavour

Discusion Questions
which chocolates do you like black or white？

I like both, especially black.

How often do you eat a chocolate？

I often eat it after I have played soccer and studied.

[Hiroyuki Morito · Rating 4 out of 5]

Janet Hardy-Gould, Oxford, level 2

Time 70 minutes

7 words
chocolate-origin-spreed-changing-cooking-way-flavour

Discusion Questions
which chocolates do you like black or white？

I like both, especially black.

How often do you eat a chocolate？

I often eat it after I have played soccer and studied.

[Sayaka Kiko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time:60 minutes
7words summary: chocolate history flavor tyres cook eat way
Discussion questions
1.What is your favorite taste of chocolate?
= My favorite taste of chocolate is milk chocolate.
2.Have you ever send chocolate at D.V?
= Yes.I have.I had sent once.

[Atsushi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book,because I love chocolates.
I want to eat chocolates when I read book. But, I do not want to read again.

[青川福助 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I could know about Chocolate. Also, I'm interested in how to make Chocolate.

[Kenji Arima · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt I want to eat some chocolates when I read this. It looks so delicious.

[Bee Bee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book.

[Teeranuch Soontorn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love chocolate.