Garden Heights · Independent Novel Study

The Chocolate Touch

a novel by Patrick Skene Catling

John Midas loves candy more than anything — and never shares. After he buys a mysterious chocolate with a strange coin, he wakes to find that everything he puts in his mouth turns to chocolate! This funny retelling of the King Midas myth teaches John a sweet lesson about greed, sharing, and love. Each Part workbook has vocabulary, comprehension, literary analysis, and writing, plus history and culture background lessons.

Level 1Interactive & auto-gradedCLIL-based

Level 1 · Growing ReadersUS Grades 1–3Lexile 380–970LAR 2.9–5.6

📖 Get the right book: our workbooks follow the HarperCollins (paperback, Margot Apple illus.) edition — ISBN 9780688161330. All recommended editions →

Subject Personalities

The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.

PRIMARY LENS

🍫 Taste & the Science of Sweetness

Taste buds, chocolate-making and nutrition — the real science of loving sweets.

SUPPORTING

🌟 The Midas Myth

An ancient wish for a golden touch — the old story John’s curse re-tells.

SUPPORTING

🧠 Greed & Self-Control

Wanting too much, and learning to say no — the book’s quiet lesson.

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