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No monkeys, no chocolate

When you think of chocolate, you might think of a candy bar, a birthday cake, or a glass of chocolate milk. But where does chocolate come from? This book tells about the cocoa bean, which grows in the tropical rain forests and how the animals and other living things play an important part, even the...

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Main Author: Stewart, Melissa
Other Authors: Young, Allen M., Wong, Nicole (Nicole E.) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, Ã2013.
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Cacao > Juvenile nonfiction.
Cacao beans > Juvenile nonfiction.
Cacao > Diseases and pests > Juvenile nonfiction.
Cocoa processing > Juvenile nonfiction.
Chocolate > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Chocolate chip cookies.Chocolate ice cream.Moist, fudgy brownies.What makes all these desserts so delicious?Chocolate, of course.But you can't make chocolate without . . . . . . cocoa beans.Cocoa beans are the seeds of the cocoa tree. Cocoa treesgrow naturally in the tropical rain forests of Central andSouth America. But today farmers grow them in othertropical areas, too.To make chocolate, workers spread cocoa beans withrakes and dry them in the sun. Then they roast them ina giant oven. Later, machines smash the beans into athick paste and squeeze out the liquid to make cocoapowder. It gets mixed with a variety of ingredients tomake different kinds of chocolate. Excerpted from No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart, Allen M. Young All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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