cacao

This book answers the question, How is chocolate made? From tropical cacao fields to the chocolate factory, it gives readers an inside look at the process from start to finish.

Describes how the cocoa bean is used to make chocolate and how the animals and other living things in the tropical rain forest play important parts in its creation.

Follows the cacao bean from the tropical trees on which they grow to the factories where they are roasted, skinned, and ground to make cocoa butter, the major ingredient in chocolate products.

Simple text and photographs describe the process of making a cacao bean into chocolate.

Ms. Frizzle and her students board the magic school bus for a trip to the rain forest where they attempt to learn why the teacher's cocoa tree has stopped growing beans.

Examines the process by which chocolate is made, and describes where the cacao plant in grown, how it is cultivated and harvested, and the many uses of chocolate.

The author presents a comprehensive history of chocolate, and describes the process and uses of chocolate around the world in such places as France, Mexico, and the United States as well as the bitter rivalries with the chocolate trade.

Ms. Frizzle and her students board the magic school bus for a trip to the rain forest where they attempt to learn why the teacher's cocoa tree has stopped growing beans.