![]() ![]() He can't resist the temptation and walks in. And just a few moments later, he sees a candy shop he doesn't recall ever seeing before. Then one day, John happens upon a strange coin. Midas are forced to give him a daily vitamin just so he doesn't shrivel up and die of malnutrition. To say that John Midas has a sugar addiction would be an understatement (he and Buddy the Elf would get along famously). I wouldn't have wanted to miss that for the world. I don't know that a book has ever teased so many waves of uncontrollable laughter out of my kids. It looked short and very juvenile, and I was pretty sure it was going to be one of those books I endured for the sake of my kids. By that time, I considered just handing off The Chocolate Touch to Aaron to read on his own. I blame it on Poppy, whose back cover summary pulled in both Aaron and Max, and then we weren't ready to leave her so we moved on to Poppy and Rye. ![]() ![]() We had this book checked out from the library for weeks before we finally got around to reading it. I'm trying to get caught up before my mid-year recap, and I still have a few left to go. You may have noticed the influx in book reviews this week. ![]()
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