Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl, Eric Idle (Narrated by)

Overview

When Charlie Bucket finds himself the proud winner of a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, he knows he has the greatest treat in the world in store for him. Join Charlie on his fantastic world-famous adventures in Willy Wonka's miraculous chocolate factory, where he sees strawberry-juice water pistols, luminous lollipops, a chocolate river, and rainbow drops -- and has the time of his life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060799755
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	01/20/2004
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Roald Dahl is, quite simply, one of the best-loved children’s book authors of all time. He died in 1990 in Oxford, England, at the age of 74.

Quentin Blake has illustrated most of Roald Dahl’s children’s books. The Children’s Laureate of the United Kingdom, he teaches illustration at the Royal College of Art in London.

Date of Birth:

September 13, 1916

Date of Death:

November 23, 1990

Place of Birth:

Llandaff, Wales, England

Place of Death:

Oxford, England

Editorial Reviews

An abbreviated version of Dahl’s classic story takes to the pop-up stage, accompanied by Blake’s scraggly pen-and-ink caricatures. Gatefolds, mini-booklets, and pop-ups reveal the major plot points of the story (“Two Golden Tickets Found Today!” shouts a headline on a foldout newspaper), with a towering glass elevator on the final spread. Smart use of interactive elements—many of which focus on the grim fates of Charlie’s fellow ticket­holders—makes Wonka’s already magical world feel even more so. Ages 7–up. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland." —The New York Times

From the Publisher

10/01/2013
Gr 3–6—Who doesn't know Dahl's story of poverty-stricken little Charlie Bucket who finds one of Willie Wonka's golden tickets and, along with four other children, gets a tour of his amazing chocolate factory? Each of the other children demonstrates a common childhood failing, to extreme—gluttony, greediness, excessive gum-chewing, and TV addiction. As, one by one, they fall prey to the factory's enticements, soon only Charlie is left and he gets the ultimate prize. What's not to love in a story that circles around niceness and chocolate? Listeners will find themselves once again rooting for Charlie as Douglas Hodge performs the book with vim, vigor, tons of expression, and the occasional sound effect. This is a joyous leap into a childhood classic that both children and adults will enjoy.—Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary, Federal Way, WA

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