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 Lift-the-flap Questions & Answers. When she's not writing, she likes drinking coffee, walking on the moors and playing competitive board games with her children.
Hard to judge a reading series by one book alone, but this title
has all the right ingredients and even a recipe. Simple text is
complemented by quirky cartoon-like artwork, while speech bubbles
inject humour and help the story along. Usborne describes the books
as "stories" for newly independent readers, but this one belongs
more comfortably on the non-fiction shelf, tracing the origin of
chocolate from the South American rainforest to the sweetshop.
Mayan kings and priests liked their cocoa cold and frothy, but the
Spanish, who learned of cocoa from the Aztecs, preferred theirs hot
and sweet.
*Books for Keeps*
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