Hot chocolate

Written by Marina Micahelidou-Kadi

Illustrated by Chryssa Spyridonos

Teleia Publications, 2024

Sometimes, the kindness of a stranger may be enough to change the course of your day. Even a single smile may enough to turn your every sorrow into the aroma of hot chocolate.

A story about those who make a difference to the world around them, through small acts of kindness. 

* National literature award for young childen 2025.

Reviews:

“In a world burning with egocentrism, racism and intolerance, this book can be a form of resistance. A book of kindness and humanity, which makes life more optimistic and more beautiful. A magical book, which brings to life the most beautiful and peaceful emotions.” Yiannoula Kypri, writer

“With her book Hot Chocolate, Marina Michaelidou-Kadi warms the heart of the child and adult reader with a heroine who begins her journey in a minor scale, but experiences kindness along her journey and its small, almost invisible manifestations, which allow it to spread and multiply when it is shared. […] The symbols, like Hot Chocolate itself, emerge effortlessly from the material of everyday life. The discreet verbal narration is inextricably linked with the inspired illustrations. They thus compose a book which respects children’s perception and their ability to swim in the deep.” Excerpt by the review committee of the national literature awards for young children