Patrick Skene Catling
Patrick Skene Catling (born 14 February 1925) is a British journalist, author and book reviewer best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952. He has written 12 novels, 3 works of non fiction and 9 books for children.Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Diana Laing (Email to...
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Patrick Skene Catling (born 14 February 1925) is a British journalist, author and book reviewer best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952. He has written 12 novels, 3 works of non fiction and 9 books for children.Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Diana Laing (Email to OTRS) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Patrick Skene Catling's Books
I love The Chocolate Touch it is fun to read and students can not wait to predict what turns into chocolate next. John Midas lets his greed for chocolate get the best of him and in return chocolate betrays him. A fun activity would be to have students decide if they would love to have everything the...
I read this tale with my daughter as part of her school assignment. We had fun analyzing each chapter and predicting the outcome. While the story is fairly simple and predictable, it's a fun twist on the Midas fable. Young John Midas learns quickly that too much of a good thing can be bad. Once the ...
This book is about a boy named John Midas who would eat nothing but chocolate all the time. Then one day, John finds a strange coin on the sidewalk and uses it to buy a box of chocolate at a mysterious new candy store. Suddenly, everything his lips touch turns to chocolate! It is a delightful story....
Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive! And did you notice all of those "repetitives?" Well, add a couple more! The early parts of The Chocolate Touch started out entertainingly, but the middle was so much of the same thing over and over again, it became a real challenge to get through it! Finally, ...
Skylark Gift Set: The Chocolate Touch/Gh...
Jazz, Jazz, Jazz - Patrick Skene Catling
Secret ingredients - Patrick Skene Catli...
The Joy of Freeloading - Patrick Skene C...
The catalogue - Patrick Skene Catling
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