World Chocolate Day
The CBC Holidays Series explores stories that relate to specific holidays so that kid, and adult, readers can celebrate in the best way… with a good book!
On World Chocolate Day (7/7), we celebrate the sweet treat we can get from the cacao bean: chocolate. From cakes and candies to drinks and more, chocolate comes in many various forms to enjoy. Let’s sit down with a good book and enjoy chocolate today.
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake, by Michael Kaplan; illus. Stephane Jorisch (Penguin Random House / Puffin Books) — Fiction, Picture Book, Humor, Animals, Series, ages 4-6.
Chocolate Challenge 5: Royal Sweets, by Helen Perelman; illus. Olivia Chin Mueller (Simon & Schuster / Aladdin) — Fiction, Picture Book, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Series, ages 4-6.
Chocolate Dreams, by Helen Perelman; illus. Erica-Jane Waters (Simon & Schuster / Aladdin) — Fiction, Prose, Action / Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, ages 7-12.
Chocolate Fever, by Robert Kimmel Smith; illus. Gioia Fiammenghi (Penguin Random House / Puffin Books) — Fiction, Prose, Humor, Health, ages 7-12.
The Chocolate Lab: Tug-of-War, by Eric Luper (Scholastic) — Fiction, Prose, Animals, Historical Fiction, Series, ages 7-12.
The Chocolate Touch, by Patrick Skene Catling; illus. Margot Apple (HarperCollins) — Fiction, Prose, Humor, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, ages 7-12.
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier (Penguin Random House / Knopf BYR) — Fiction, Prose, Mental/Physical Health, Series, Teen.
Curious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory, written and illustrated by H. A. Rey (HarperCollins / Clarion Books) — Fiction, Picture Book, Humor, Animals, Series, ages 4-6.
Lilly’s Chocolate Heart, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes (HarperCollins / Greenwillow Books) — Fiction, Picture Book, Humor, Animals, ages 0-3.
Love Monster and the Last Chocolate, written and illustrated by Rachel Bright (Macmillan / Farrar, Straus, and Giroux BYR) — Fiction, Picture Book, Humor, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Series, ages 4-6.
No Monkeys, No Chocolate, by Melissa Stewart and Allen Young; illus. Nicole Wong (Charlesbridge) — Nonfiction, Picture Book, Animals, Science, ages 4-6.
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop, written and illustrated by Kate Saunders (Penguin Random House / Yearling) — Fiction, Prose, Action / Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, ages 7-12.
Join World Chocolate Day by reading a book!
List compiled by CBC’s resident holiday expert, Sommer Wissner. Check out other CBC Holiday book lists on our blog.
