The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop Hardcover – March 12, 2013

I ordered this book for my 8 year old daughter, who fell in love with it almost instantly. She recommended I read it after her, and I, too, fell in love.The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop is a wonderful story that immediately entrances the reader. I couldn't put the book down, and then was sad when I finished it. My daughter has read it several times already, and we've only had it for 5 days. Young or old, anyone who enjoys a bit of magic would enjoy this book.

I read this with my 4th grade daughter and we really enjoyed the book. We laughed out loud in many areas but especially over the cat who is quite a character. Some of the storyline was a bit advanced and a little bit scary but the book was so enjoyable that it didn't impact or ability to get through the book. There was the word "damn-it", which I didn't think was a necessary addition although I know my daughter hears much worse at school. I simply skipped the word and went on.Very fun story and a worthwhile read.

The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop (afffectionately called "Whizz Pop") by my students, is a wonderful, fun story for children. I teach students with learning disabilities and it is difficult to get them to read, much less be acutally excited about books. I comb the internet, books of the year, Caldecott, Yearling, blogs to find engaging books for my students. This is one that they beg to take home every night to read the next chapter. My students with dyslexia are very connected to Lily and I am excited for them to discover how her disability makes her magically special and a heroine.

The story is wonderfully written and as my children are dual citizens (having been born in England) it is a wonderful way for my granddaughters to get a glimpse of a novel set in London. We took a trip together in Summer of 2012 to England so they are able to visualize what is being described in this lovely novel. We are having fun with this book. It arrived very timely and perfectly shipped so there is no damage to the book.I'm very happy with Amazon. (As always). Thank you!

I got this because it was recommended by a friend. Before I could read it, my 12-year old son picked it up and tore through it. "How did you like it?" and asked him, and his response was "Pretty good. I didn't put it down." That is high praise. I enjoyed it too.

A little confusing, but still a good read.

I gave this book, as a gift, to my grandson who is 11 years old. He loves that it has no pictures and he can use his imagination to get in the story. He promises to talk to me about the book after he's finished reading. He's asked for more books like this one. Excellent!

Loved the story line, fun charters, well written story, great for all ages to enjoy must read again in the future.

Quite a random book but entertaining. I read it to my dyslexic son. I had not been aware that dyslexia was mentioned in the book but it turned out that one of the main characters had it. To my horror, for most of the book the character's dyslexia is depicted as an extremely negative thing which is basically making her life rubbish. The author turns things around at the end, by implying that the character's dyslexia enables her to do some magic that others can't. That is all well and good but any dyslexic reading the book will know that they can't do magic. It is a bit like spending most of a book writing about how terrible it is to be in a wheelchair, but it is all ok in the end because people in wheel chairs can fly in magic land!Anyway, by the end of the book, my son seemed to be more negative about his dyslexia, and more worried that he was going to be teased by kids at school about it. Not an outcome I was expecting when I embarked on a book about chocolate!

After Harry potter, my 9yr old LOVED this book and lovely to hear him lol reading it...Had to get the follow up book quickly ... the curse of the chocolate Phoenix (which he loved) then magicalamity, which he thought was brilliant but sad theres no follow up for that book and now he's a raving fan of this author and have ordered few more of her books :)

Definitely a random book. At the start seemed to be lots of waffle and side stories and we didn't like the way dyslexia portrayed as a negative thing. As soon as a quirky cat introduced we started to find it quite funny and engaging. Lost interest about 3/4 of the way through, unfortunately. Some really good descriptions in places but we thought it a couple of chapters too long.

Great story, well written. Had bought this as well as a few other books for my daughters birthday and we both enjoyed reading this together. Would recommend.

As above, my daughter lived this.