Chocolate Fever

by Robert Kimmel Smith

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142405957
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Chocolate Fever

I picked this book because I like chocolate and if you like chocolate and the book The Chocolate Touch then you'll love the book Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith and illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi. In this book a boy named Henry Green is in love with chocolate. His breakfast is all chocolate. And he gets chocolate dots from eating so much chocolate. I think the lesson of this story is not to eat so much candy. If you want to know more about this book you should stop watching TV and go read it!

Humorous Tale of an Unusual Problem

Henry Green loves chocolate. His parents let him eat it for every meal and over everything. He thinks there is no such thing as too much chocolate.One day, however, Henry leaves for school feeling like something strange is going to happen to him. Sure enough, he looks down in class to see spots are growing on him. The doctors can't figure out what this new disease is. Can they find a cure, or will Henry be stuck with little brown spots all over forever?This is a fun, simple story that kids will love. The story moves forward quickly. Henry is a sympathetic character, and his predicament is certainly unusual and entertaining. Along the way, there are some good lessons. They might be a bit heavy handed, but the rest of the book is so much fun that few kids will really mind.This is a modern classic that will be read for years to come. It's funny and entertaining while teaching some good lessons about judging others and enjoying things in moderation.

you are what you eat!

Do you love chocolate?? *I* love chocolate!! All my friends love chocolate!! As a teacher, I often have teeny chocolate bars as prizes for my students, and they would walk a mile on their hands and knees for some chocolate!! It'd be great to eat that stuff all day long, wouldn't it??Or, would it??In "Chocolate Fever" our hero, Henry Green, does just that. He ADORES chocolate. He practically WORSHIPS chocolate. He eats chocolate cereal with chocolate milk. He snacks on chocolate bars and pours chocolate syrup on his pancakes. The kid is BONZO over chocolate, folks!!So, when you think about it, maybe it's NOT so strange that one day at school weird little brown bumps erupt all over his skin. They even make a popping sound as they appear! The teacher takes him to the doctor who analizes the bumps. Guess what? He's breaking out in PURE CHOCOLATE! Henry gets scared, the doctor gets inspired, thinking that he'll make medical history and be famous for discovering the first case of Chocolate Fever. Henry runs for his life.He hitchhikes with a kind trucker, thinking he'll get far, far away from this whole mess until the truck is HIJACKED!! KIDNAPPED!! And meanwhile, the truck is hauling a load of-you guessed it-chocolate candy bars!!I personally heard Chocolate Fever read to me back in elementary school, and it really stuck to my ribs. I've remembered it on and off through the years, and when I found it again in my school library, I read it to MY students. They were as enraptured with the book in 2001 as I was in 1978, which is perhaps one of the highest compliments a reader can pay to any book. Definitely a must read!

A fun book for kids!

Henry Green eats nothing but chocolate, and this delightful story follows Henry on a wonderful adventure as he breaks out in a "chocolate fever"!When spots start popping out all over his arms during class, his teacher whisks him off for a visit with the crazy Dr. Fargo. When Henry loses confidence in the wacky doc, he takes off and is chased through the streets by half the hospital staff! What happens next will surprise you.My first-grader (who is in his school's Gifted and Talented program) got somewhat bogged down in this, his first "chapter book" so I think the rating of ages 4-8 is a bit off. The school librarian rates it at a third through fifth grade level and I'm inclined to agree. We read it as a family and my fifth grader LOVED it!

It will knock your socks off!

This book is about a boy named Henry. Henry loves chocolate. He would eat chocolate for breakfast, lunch,and dinner. One day in school Henry saw brown spots on his arm. He went to the nurse's office but the spots were starting to pop. That was my favorite part. Then Henry went to the hospital. To find out what happens to Henry, you will have to read the book!