Showing results for "Chocolate" in Literature & Fiction

This sweet, simple story captures the rhythms of a little boy's week as he yearns for winter to start, and for his favorite treat: hot chocolate. Children will enjoy seeing James help his family prepare for what the adults see as "bad weather" before enjoying what he thinks of as "hot chocolate weather."

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate! Kids will eat this up for summer reading or anytime! Can you ever have too much of your favorite food? John Midas is about to find out…. The...

Charlie and her friends are avid video gamers. But when they spot a huge chocolate bar growing from the top of a tree—then another, and another—it is the beginning of a real-life, outdoor quest!

Join in the fun at this delicious dinner party! Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose is a delightful story about table manners from Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo. Perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or any time at all! Duck won't eat his carrots. Moth's eating the...

Cam and her friend Eric are selling chocolate fudge and rice cakes door-to-door for charity. Eric can’t remember what to tell the customers. But Cam has no trouble. She simply looks at the speech and says "click". Then she stores a picture of it in her mind. When Cam sees a woman coming from a yellow house, she knows something is wrong. The woman is wearing a rain coat, but it isn’t raining. She’s wearing dark glasses, but the sun isn’t shining. And the yellow house looks deserted. Will Cam be able to solve the mystery with her amazing photographic memory?

Brought to you by Penguin. Imagine that all around you, hidden from sight, there are thousands of tiny people. They are four inches tall, brave, stubborn and resourceful. They are the nomes. The nomes in this story live under the floorboards of a large Department Store and have never been...

When twelve-year-old cousins Sophie and Jessica take a class at a chocolate factory, they don’t expect to see bad guys in such a sweet place. Strange happenings make them wonder if they’ve uncovered another mystery, and they’re soon in danger. Can they find The Chocolate Spy in time?

Stop your mum picking her nose, read the secret diary of a dog, catch a bus and then let it go, discover how one slice of toast can make you the most popular person in school, start wearing a crown and give up eating pig-nostril gruel, use a wrecking ball to defeat a bully, show your big sister the very scary secret in your wardrobe, unleash the awesome power of chips, live in a house that gets wiped clean more often than a bottom. Funny stories from a favourite Australian author.

Max's overbearing big sister, Ruby, suggests that the chocolate chicken in the birdbath should go to the one who finds the most Easter eggs. But unflappable Max has other ideas.

For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me!, a story based on experiences of feeling different and trying to fit in as kids. Now, both men are fathers and see more than ever the need for an audiobook that encourages all people, especially kids, to love themselves.

Tony, Craig and Shawn are trapped on an ice floe on the Petitcodiac River in the dead of winter, and the rapid current is pulling them toward the ocean. Twelve-year-old Petra arrives, and the boys think they’re saved, but their dangerous journey is only just beginning.

The Aldens are helping out at their favorite ice cream store in town, the Shoppe. When very strange things begin to happen, the Shoppe is in danger of losing its customers and going out of business. Can the Boxcar Children solve the mystery and save the Shoppe before it’s too late?

When Love Monster finds a mystery box of chocolates at his door, he can’t believe his luck. But he’s soon thrown into a whirlwind of turmoil. Should he keep the chocolates for himself? Or risk the perils of sharing his good fortune with his friends? This super-funny rumbly-tummy sherbert explosion of a story shows that when faced with the selection box of life, following your heart will bring you the best treats of all.

La colección Arlequín reúne los cuentos clásicos de siempre en 24 libros de formato muy práctico para los pequeños de la casa, con textos sencillos que ayudarán a los primeros lectores a disfrutar de sus historias preferidas: Bambi, Aladino, Pinocho, Alicia, Ricitos de Oro, La Bella y la Bestia, La ratita presumida, y así hasta 24 títulos.

How does a cocoa bean become a delicious chocolate bar? Cocoa beans ripen. Workers open the pods. Next the sun dries the beans. The beans are roasted. Find out what step happens next in the process of making chocolate.

Uno de los cuentos clásicos más populares de todos los tiempos para descubrir con los más pequeños y disfrutar en familia.

Cuentos y poemas para niños y niñas de 6 a 105 años. Narrados por la facilitadora de encuentros con arte y artista de sus propios mundos, Roxana Hoces Montes.

In 1948 West Berlin, Mercedes and her mother rely on the noisy American planes that form a “sky bridge” into the city, bringing vital food and supplies. But the planes deliver more than flour, clothing, and coal. Every day, one special plane wiggles its wings, and its pilot drops small candy-filled parachutes for the children. How can Mercedes get the “Chocolate Pilot” to drop some candy just for her?

Una gran colección en la que encontrarás tus cuentos clásicos preferidos, con textos sencillos para los pequeños lectores que están aprendiendo a leer.

Un bonito cuento que nos habla de la valentía, la avaricia y la generosidad. Una gran colección en la que encontrarás tus cuentos clásicos preferidos.