No Monkeys, No Chocolate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781580892889)

Everyone loves chocolate, right? But how many people actually know where chocolate comes from? How it's made? Or that monkeys do their part to help this delicious sweet exist?

This delectable dessert comes from cocoa beans, which grow on cocoa trees in tropical rain forests. But those trees couldn't survive without the help of a menagerie of rain forest critters: a pollen-sucking midge, an aphid-munching anole lizard, brain-eating coffin fly maggots--they all pitch in to help the cocoa tree survive. A secondary layer of text delves deeper into statements such as "Cocoa flowers can't bloom without cocoa leaves . . . and maggots," explaining the interdependence of the plants and animals in the tropical rain forests. Two wise-cracking bookworms appear on every page, adding humor and further commentary, making this book accessible to readers of different ages and reading levels.

Back matter includes information about cocoa farming and rain forest preservation, as well as an author's note.

Author: Melissa Stewart, Allen Young
ISBN-10: 1580892884
ISBN-13: 9781580892889
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2018
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.30h x 10.80w x 0.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 159207 / No Monkeys, No Chocolate