The Story of Chocolate

by Katie Daynes

Presents a history of chocolate from its first cultivation by the Mayans to its large-scale production, and includes a recipe for a sauce.

Genres: Food, History, Nonfiction, Childrens, Science

48 pages, Paperback

First published June 25, 2004

About the author

Katie has been writing non-fiction children's books for almost half her life and loves questioning the world from a child's point of view. She's developed some of Usborne's bestselling series, including the See Inside books and the Lift-the-Flap Questions & Answers series.

Reviews

[4th Grade · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Story of Chocolate is interesting, great and informational. In mesoamerica cocoa trees grew.
Christopher Columbus wanted to capture the Mayan's ship. But when they capture the mayan's ship
they found started to check if they had gold. then they found cocoa beans insted. Finlly when they
got to the check point they found out that they can make chocolate milk.

Christopher Columbus was brave when he tried to capture the Mayan's ship,and succeded. The midle
was intersting when they tried to capture the Mayan's ship. The writing was very in-depth because
they tolld the date when all of the things happned like the Mayan's ship.


Read this book if you like chocolate or history.

[Cassidy Van Vooren · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my favorite books growing up. It does a fantastic job of introducing chocolate as more than just the candy we find encased in plastic and foil. The illustrations are very good, and the story is easy to follow.

[Cassandra Chandria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rate it 5/5 stars!
I have a book copy for this, and I really loved reading it.
As a big fan of desserts, chocolate’s my favorite.
Here you can learn the history of chocolate. And that's what I loved about it. ✨ Rate it good!

[Krishna Veni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun to read with kids!

[Santisports · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting book, until for kids

[Krisz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative, yet cute story of how cocoa beans were found, used.
I didn't read the dates out loud for my little one, but still it's good reference for parents.

[Nicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Year 3 class loved this book during Guided Reading and had so many fantastic questions for us to explore when reading each chapter. I highly recommend it!

[Ad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice drawing!! And the audio book is so satisfying!! This book really explains the history of chocolate!! So worth it!

[Fenco Chen]

Lexile®: 760L, 1754W, 100%, 6y4m

[Andreea Racu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ft matur🤭🤭🤭

[Anna Jung · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book I ever read!!

[Penguinsapprentice Z · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m really a big fan of chocolate.

[Corinne Edwards · Rating 4 out of 5]

My nine year old son and I were so entertained by this book! And we learned a lot too! From the Ancient Americas to Hershey Pennsylvania, we got to know how chocolate advanced from a bitter drink for kings to a Mars Bar. Fun illustrations, very readable text. Great stuff.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

1st: A good back-up book for my usual applied science book for first grade- especially since they just studied Mexico in social studies; good reading level and pictures for first.

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simply written history of chocolate that gives readers an overview of usage in human consumption from the drink of the Mayans to the eventual transformation in chocolate bars.

This is written for lower grade readers, but it does a satisfactory job in giving an overview of how people have enjoyed chocolate. I learned several things from the book. I like how major names in chocolate that current readers (and eaters) will be familiar with are highlighted for their inventions, like Lindt, Mars, Hershey, and Cadbury. An enjoyable and informative romp through the world of chocolate. The illustrations are cartoonish, and are found on every page, bringing the stories to life.

[Jann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Makes me wanna have some chocolate!

[A. Dzulfikar Adi Putra · Rating 5 out of 5]

The (simple version) history of chocolate. From Mayans to Europeans. From Henry Nestle to John Cadbury.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only wish it didn't mention getting drunk.