Overall a great retelling of the King Midas story that kids should be able to relate to well. The idea of everything tasting like chocolate and turning into chocolate is amusing and good for a few laughs.
It is pretty short for a novel, as an adult it took me maybe 15 minutes to read it. This was a cute story with good illustrations. Now everything tastes like chocolate and his affliction (at first a blessing) seems to be getting out of control. When he opens that box it is not what he expected. Then one day John finds a strange coin and stumbles upon a strange candy shop. He loves it to the point where his parents are getting concerned and are trying to get him to give up his candy habits. It is suitable for kids of all ages and adults will find it amusing too. This is a short kid's book (beginning chapter book) that tackles the evils of candy and the results of selfish behavior. You’ve run.I got this book as part of a clearance bundle at Half Price Books.
This doesn’t start until Chapter 6 page 45. Throughout the book the author uses italics to tell Henry’s thoughts. Point of View: 3rd person point of view omniscient - A narrator tells the story. Henry probably loved chocolate more than any boy in the history of the world.įirst Line: There are some people who say that Henry Green wasn't really born, but was hatched, fully grown, from a chocolate bean. He liked it bitter, sweet, dark, light, and daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks in cakes, candy bars, milk, and every other form you could possibly imagine. Henry Green was a boy who loved chocolate.
Setting: Henry's house and school, the hospital, hiway, Alfred Cane's Warehouse Major Awards: Newbery Honor and California Young Reader Medalīook Themes: Self-indulgence Behavior, Overindulgence in Chocolate Reading Level: Lexile Measure 680L, Scholastic Guided Reading Level 0
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