Chocolate Fever [Paperback]

Robert Kimmel Smith (Author), Gioia Fiammenghi (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 1978 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up

Henry Green eats so much chocolate he comes down with chocolate fever.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-6?Chocolate lovers will identify with Henry Green who eats chocolate wherever and however he wants. What a shock when he breaks out in a rash of brown spots that smell like chocolate! After running away from the doctor at the hospital, Henry stands up to a gang of boys, hitches a ride with a truck driverand is hijacked along with him. Veteran character voice actor Lionel Wilson reads Robert Kimmel Smith's book (Coward, 1972; Dell, pap.). Some of the character voices are exaggerated stereotypes emphasizing the humor of the book. Embedded in this tale are lessons in courage, caring, moderation, and prejudice. These tapes are good for individual and small groups to enhance reading skills especially in the middle elementary grades.
Ann Elders, Mark Twain Elementary School, Federal Way, WA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Review

"It's all quite preposterous and lots of laughs, and so are the cartoon illustrations."--Publishers Weekly.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Yearling (August 15, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440413699
• ISBN-13: 978-0440413691
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.2 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,165,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun book for kids!, April 15, 1999

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This review is from: Chocolate Fever (Paperback)

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!

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars you are what you eat!, March 30, 2001

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Chess Heart "paxbear" (Canton, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chocolate Fever (Paperback)

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!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, May 2, 2000

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jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chocolate Fever (Paperback)

I remember reading Chocolate Fever long time ago and I thought it was pretty good. Henry eats too much chocolate and comes down with a never seen before disease and the doctors can't figure it out so they call it chocolate fever because Henry smells like chocolate all the time. But there's not any chocolate around. It then tells the classic tale of a boy being bullied around by bigger kids and when he gets bumps all over him that look like measles, they stay away from him. The book ends with Henry eating a lot of cinnamon and they wonder, "Is there a such thing as cinnamon fever?"

Chocolate Fever is not only a good book for kids to read, but really anyone if you like reading a good book every now and then. It has some hilarious lines to it and it'll keep you entertained throughout the story. END