This definitive chocolate resource for middle graders is full of facts, history, and full-color illustrations---A treat for pleasure reading as well as school reports.

What is chocolate, really? -- The mysterious history of chocolate -- Columbus, Cortés, conquistadors, and cocoa -- Pressing chocolate from a bean -- Chocolate meets milk by way of baby formula -- All in the family -- The candy battles -- Chocolate and the Second World War -- Corporations made of chocolate -- Chocolate spreads out -- From bean to bar -- Cocoa chemistry -- The modern makers -- Chocoholics and cocoa culture.