Explore the life and achievements of Milton Hershey, founder of the Hershey Company and Hershey, Pennsylvania. Milton Snavely Hershey may not be a name instantly recognizable to kids, but isolate that last name and you’ll witness a hungry delight basically unchanged since the famous chocolate bar was invented in 1900. Little Milton never finished school, instead forced to go to work as a candy store apprentice. A fortuitous event, to be sure, as Milton opened his own shop when he was just 18. It was his chocolate, of course, that solidified his reputation, and from there, the book attests, his popularity as a chocolatier was matched only by his humanitarianism. To help the workers at his factory, he built them homes (it is unclear what exactly this means) and otherwise transformed the soon-named Hershey, Pennsylvania, into a thriving burg with its own school, amusement park, and more. This semisweet (get it?) entry into the Business Leaders series is chock full of period photos, cool factoids (like the nonmelting chocolate invented for soldiers in WWII), and a nifty page-to-page time line, and it’s bathed in a tasty brown design. Dig in. Grades K-3. --Daniel Kraus Milton Snavely Hershey may not be a name instantly recognizable to kids, but isolate that last name and you’ll witness a hungry delight basically unchanged since the famous chocolate bar was invented in 1900. Little Milton never finished school, instead forced to go to work as a candy store apprentice. A fortuitous event, to be sure, as Milton opened his own shop when he was just 18. It was his chocolate, of course, that solidified his reputation, and from there, the book attests, his popularity as a chocolatier was matched only by his humanitarianism. To help the workers at his factory, he built them homes (it is unclear what exactly this means) and otherwise transformed the soon-named Hershey, Pennsylvania, into a thriving burg with its own school, amusement park, and more. This semisweet (get it?) entry into the Business Leaders series is chock full of period photos, cool factoids (like the nonmelting chocolate invented for soldiers in WWII), and a nifty page-to-page time line, and it’s bathed in a tasty brown design. Dig in. Grades K-3. --Daniel Kraus --Daniel Kraus If kids don't instantly recognize the name Milton Snavely Hershey, they'll certainly know the basically unchanged, famous chocolate bar he invented in 1900. This beginner biography in the Business Leaders series tells how Hershey never finished school and, instead, was forced to work as a candy-store apprentice. The event paved the way for him to become both a great chocolatier and humanitarian. --"Book Links, "Overlooked Inventors and Their Notable Inventions"" A big bonus is the cumulative timeline that runs at the bottom of each spread. Subjects are either names that may be recognized (e.g. Bill Gates) or individuals that represent well-known products (e.g. Milton Hershey). Solid early-reader biographies. --"School Library Journal" Sarah Schuette has written nearly 80 nonfiction children's books with themes relating to character values, cooking, family relationships, and the popular Spot It seek and find titles. Sarah began her career as an editor and eventually moved into photo shoot styling. She loves finding props, cooking, and styling the food that appears in the photographs in her books.