Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
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August 16th 2007
by Puffin
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0142410314
(isbn13: 9780142410318)
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| 176 |
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The gates of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory are opening at last . . . and only five children will be allowed inside.
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The gates of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory are opening at last . . . and only five children will be allowed inside.
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02-15-07
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Read in October, 2007
As a child in school when the school teacher emphasize the certain portrayal and the part played and becoming of the part of charlie. his tutoring part played naturally --the gift of fiction to portray of the sentimental feeling of charlie. what a definitively strange man wonka is [this must be a females impression to her student, allI’ll remember] who has choice among the children to creating an impression of them. [...more
As a child in school when the school teacher emphasize the certain portrayal and the part played and becoming of the part of charlie. his tutoring part played naturally --the gift of fiction to portray of the sentimental feeling of charlie. what a definitively strange man wonka is [this must be a females impression to her student, allI’ll remember] who has choice among the children to creating an impression of them. [ the school teacher must have read ahead to spoil the story.] then reflects on the symbolic difference’s involved of uncloaking the other participants that charlie is facing during competition gaining allowance to seeing the factory. [I was following along] where many children hadn’t emphasized gaining entrance for so very long. the mystery does shed in a shroud to convince that something awful occurred to wonka health or social appearances (impossible,) and positively had something newer than ever before to show the world this time to be promotive his fine ware to people and children alike. the odd chance of being understood, man and his child alike. emphasis exercises the imagination [we sit and listen for the guess work that is the important content of the story, where emphasis is everything] and the media is building a concocted burned story of wonka unveiling something magnificently that it requires respect and animosity from every person. then the hype quietens far enough for the people to be asking wonka of his proposals. had these people come to wonka’s factory to learn his secrets. they are inside and of wonder. each child invited brought a golden ticket. charlie isn’t alone as he usually appeared to be, living a humble bumble existence. neither are the other children. they become friends quickly just so to notice their personal difference, and acknowledging each others special or practical excessive habits. predictable things begin to happen because the children are wound up in excitements. their guardians are under orthodox influences and suggest well behavior. the children either act casually on this, or find something altering to bother themselves and wonka. diverting wonka attention among the excitement and including everyone else leads to the children becoming prone. the tests of the factory’s durance lead the children into temptation, all remarkable. wonka lies victim to the errors that occur while the children victimize him. charlie becomes the last wishful kid to be falling for the strange effects of wonka, he seems to listening to wonka explanations. understanding the difference in the children. then is charlie falling under any influences himself. wonka is now harshly subjected to the victimization impression of the children. charlie searches and wonka breaks the tension. he planned to break a chance with charlie if hes as tough as he seems, will charlie take on a particular challenge, and also help saves the others. charlie bucket’s offered a temporary leave of absence under effect he return to take ownership as an important individual of the factory.
great old grandpa joe thinks it a good idea, and for once the tension lifts. charlie’s guardian is only urging charlie to make his own decision. Charlie sees nothing else than to admit it is a wonderful idea wonka proposes. he accepts upon agreement of a cliché that his other grandparents and parents themselves wouldn’t ever live anywhere separate without charlie. wonka sees it as a great celebration. charlie will have to come and live with him....less
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Read in February, 1968
recommends it for:
People of all ages, but only if they see a virtue in laughter.
My second-grade teacher read this aloud to the class five years after this novel was published. She held up the book to show us the great line drawings as she read. I'm not sure if current editions have those particular line drawings, but there was lots of cross-hatching in the drawings. [These drawings were by Joseph Schindelman, and most current editions do NOT feature these. They've replaced them with drawings by another artist -- Fred's note, 8/29/07.] Tim Burton's movie reflected the drawin...more
My second-grade teacher read this aloud to the class five years after this novel was published. She held up the book to show us the great line drawings as she read. I'm not sure if current editions have those particular line drawings, but there was lots of cross-hatching in the drawings. [These drawings were by Joseph Schindelman, and most current editions do NOT feature these. They've replaced them with drawings by another artist -- Fred's note, 8/29/07.] Tim Burton's movie reflected the drawings found in the early editions.
This book, more than any other I can recall, influenced me as a writer. I put a lot of parentheses in my stories as a child. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY gets a lot of mileage out of the parenthetical aside.
The next year, the third grade teacher read it outloud, I imagine on the recommendation of my second grade teacher. By this time I had my own copy of the book and was reading along. One day, my teacher suddenly stopped reading in mid-sentence. She looked around, seemed to argue with herself about whether she should keep reading and then had a look of decision on her face. I had been silently reading along and had read the entire sentence which she had stopped in the middle of. "He means 'donkey'", I said, but she said, "We're stopping here."
The sentence she hadn't finished featured Willy Wonka calling a child an "ass."
The book is very shocking. Willy Wonka is, literally, a slave-driver. (Here's a shocking thing nobody I've ever met has noticed: The Ooompa-Loompas were of African descent in the 1963 edition. In the early seventies, the drawings and the text were changed so that the Oompa-Loopas suddenly had red hair and freckles. The copyright page of this later edition refers to "Special material." The original illustrator drew the alterations. At some later point the original illustrations were discarded altogether, and someone who draws more in the manner of Jules Feiffer did the ones we usually run across these days.) Roald Dahl writes about a jaunty, loveable, acid-tongued slave-driver. My third-grade teacher hated it and she never did finish reading it to us.
I don't think Dahl was a racist. In fact, I think he was trying to show his readers what pure capitalism means: The Bucket family is virtually starving before Charlie gets the Golden Ticket. The man dispensing the tickets slowly eliminates ticket-holders so that he may find a perfect successor. All he cares about is his own succession. He is ruthless, cruel and feared. Charlie won't be like him. But Dahl doesn't ballyhoo his story's moral. It is easy to mistake Dahl's cynicism for authoritarianism.
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Read in February, 2008
This book is very funny, like the phrases he uses when a person is grumbling to himself or scolding others.
It's about a scrimpy little boy named Charlie Bucket who came from a poor family. His father was working in a toothpaste factory, and that pitiful amount of salary had to support seven members--his paternal grandparents Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine, his maternal grandparents Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina,his father,his mother and little Charlie himself.The four old pe...more
This book is very funny, like the phrases he uses when a person is grumbling to himself or scolding others.
It's about a scrimpy little boy named Charlie Bucket who came from a poor family. His father was working in a toothpaste factory, and that pitiful amount of salary had to support seven members--his paternal grandparents Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine, his maternal grandparents Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina,his father,his mother and little Charlie himself.The four old people squeezed in a bed all day long,and never did climbed out bed once.
Once a year, only on his birthday, did Charlie ever get to have a taste of that delicious,creamy chocolate. Everyday,on his way to school,he had to pass by the world@s largest chocolate factory owned by a strange litthe man known as Mr Willy Wonka.Nobody has seen him before,and they thought it was very weird that no workers ever went in or out of that factory.You see, a small man like him can't possibly run the whole factory by himself.And so everyday,as Charlie passes by the great chocolate factory,the aroma of chocolate huanging around him,Charlie will try to take in a deep breath,as if trying to store all the chocolate smell in his body.
That's when everything changed. One day,Mr Bucket came home from work carrying that day's paper in his hand,shouting that there was good news.Mr Wonka had stored five golden tickets in five of the chocolate bars in the whole world. One day,Charlie found a two pound note on the streets. He couldn't resist the temptation of the chocolate.He bought a bar.After eating that,he had one pound left. And he spent that very last pound of his on another bar to bring home to share with his family. He tore a golden wrapper on the spot,and out fell a shimmering golden ticket!
So,on that red-lettered day, Charlie and his grandfather Joe made their way to the chocolate factory with four other children who also got the ticket,ready for a life changing experience.
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Read in June, 2008
Despite loving Roald Dahl, after seeing both film versions, I never felt like I really needed to read this. But then I did. And it was. While it was an excellent book, what I was most looking forward to reading were all the Wonka-as-a-kid-at-the-dentist's-office stuff from Tim Burton's movie version. But it wasn't there!
Best stuff, I think, is the beginning, before they've even gone to the factory. Pour example:
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The Buckets, of course, didn't starve, but every one of the...more
Despite loving Roald Dahl, after seeing both film versions, I never felt like I really needed to read this. But then I did. And it was. While it was an excellent book, what I was most looking forward to reading were all the Wonka-as-a-kid-at-the-dentist's-office stuff from Tim Burton's movie version. But it wasn't there!
Best stuff, I think, is the beginning, before they've even gone to the factory. Pour example:
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The Buckets, of course, didn't starve, but every one of them -- the two old grandfathers, the two old grandmothers, Charlie's father, Charlie's mother, and especially little Charlie himself -- went about from morning till night with a horrible empty feeling in their tummies.
Charlie felt it worst of all. And although his father and mother often went without their own share of lunch or supper so that they could give it to him, it still wasn't nearly enough for a growing boy. He desperately wanted somethign more filling and satisfying than cabbage and cabbage soup. The one thing he longed for more than anything else was . . . CHOCOLATE.
Walking to schol in the mornings, Charlie could see great slabs of chocolate piled up high in the shp windows, and he would stop and stare and press his nose against the glass, his mouth watering like mad. Many times a day, he would see other children taking cream candy bars out of their pockets and munching them greedily, and that, of course, was pure torture.
Only once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie Bucket ever get to taste a bit of chocolate...</blockquote>
Dude. Here's the thing. I friggin' love me some chocolate. Chocolate is one of the greatest things out there. The thought of someone being that deprived of chocolate (and just food in general) got me RIGHT IN THE HEART....less
Read in February, 2008
"After reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
This book is written by Roald Dahl in 1964. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is especially known to reveal his affluent and marvelous creativity. Outside anticipation, which had thought this is childish, is quite funny. Charlie was very poor and thin as he can not eat chocolate. But, it was only in his birthday that he could eat chocolate. One day, Charlie buys a Wingkaa chocolate with money which he picked accidently ...more
"After reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
This book is written by Roald Dahl in 1964. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is especially known to reveal his affluent and marvelous creativity. Outside anticipation, which had thought this is childish, is quite funny. Charlie was very poor and thin as he can not eat chocolate. But, it was only in his birthday that he could eat chocolate. One day, Charlie buys a Wingkaa chocolate with money which he picked accidently in snow-capped street and wins a prize in a golden ticket. Along with four other lucky kids, he goes to Willy Wonka's spectacular factory. In a few words, the factory was a place that could arise doubts of its existence, where short oompa lumpas worked, chocolate rivers flowed and forests made up sugary food existed. Even though four childern were all rich, they got accident because of their greed, except for Charlie. Charlie didn't do covetously thing because he was poor. So Wonka gives a special award which enables Charlie to become a successor of the factory. Than Charlie becomes a successor of the factory and lives happily with family.
After reading this book, I realized the fact that a human's range of creativity is infinite. I felt like the imagined would become the real one someday, thinking about the value of imagination through reading. And I think I have to throw up greed and think much of my family....less
Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
My friends and classmates
This book " Charlie and the Chocolate factory" a book written by Roald Dahl very popular. The main characters are Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe.
This interesting story tells that poor Charlie Bucket is practically starving to death, but his luck changes for the better when he wins a lifetime supply of candy--and a chance to visit Willy Wonka's fabulous, top-secret chocolate factory. Five lucky people who find a Golden Ticket wrapped in one of Willy Wonka's wonderful ca...more
This book " Charlie and the Chocolate factory" a book written by Roald Dahl very popular. The main characters are Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe.
This interesting story tells that poor Charlie Bucket is practically starving to death, but his luck changes for the better when he wins a lifetime supply of candy--and a chance to visit Willy Wonka's fabulous, top-secret chocolate factory. Five lucky people who find a Golden Ticket wrapped in one of Willy Wonka's wonderful candy bars win a visit to his mysterious chocolate factory. Charlie Bucket is too poor to buy more than one candy bar a year, so when he wins a ticket, his whole family celebrates.
The four other lucky children are not as nice as Charlie, and they're punished for their bad behavior. Greedy Augustus Gloop falls into the chocolate river he's trying to drink from and gets sucked up a pipe. Chewing-gum addict Violet Beauregarde grabs a stick of gum that blows her up into a giant blueberry. Spoiled Veruca Salt is deemed a "bad nut" by Wonka's trained squirrels and thrown in the garbage. And Mike Teavee demands to be "sent by television" and gets shrunk in the process. But there is a wonderful surprise waiting for Charlie at the end of the tour. What is it? Grab this book today and you will know the surprise
I would strongly recommend students like me to read this fiction book written by Roald Dahl.
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Read in March, 2008
About the book
It is very brillient book that I have read.The main charactors are:Willy Wonka,Charlie,Grandpa Joe(grandpa of Charlie),four very naughty and selfish children.Our Willy Wonka, who is the owner of a chocolate factory which create wonderful sweets, issues 5 golden tickets which is like ticket to go in the marvellous factory which was closed very long time since he announced that he was closing the factory(actually open again but no workers go in and out like before)One by one, a peo...more
About the book
It is very brillient book that I have read.The main charactors are:Willy Wonka,Charlie,Grandpa Joe(grandpa of Charlie),four very naughty and selfish children.Our Willy Wonka, who is the owner of a chocolate factory which create wonderful sweets, issues 5 golden tickets which is like ticket to go in the marvellous factory which was closed very long time since he announced that he was closing the factory(actually open again but no workers go in and out like before)One by one, a people by people found chocolates with golden tickets.The golden ticket also give a lot of sweets(chocolates) that a person can eat untill their death with one hidden gift. When there is only one left,our dear poor Charlie ,who can only enjoy small bar of chocolate per year ,found a note which he can buy chocolate.Read more to find more details!
commend:
It is brillient work of Ronald Dahl which shows that evil people would be punished and good will be rewarded.This is first part of the story and second is Charlie and glass elevator.I will update the commend later....less
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Read in May, 2007
recommends it for:
chocolate lovers
Its a book i would recommend to choco savy and as half the world are mad about chocolate ieasily is an excellent book on a good topic.
Charlie bucket a ten year old boy lives with his mother and father , maternal grandparents and grandparents.His father works in a toothpaste company. Where he earns a meager salary to keep his family running.Charlie never gets gifts and he always eat cabbage soup and potaoes.His parents can never afford a chocolate bar so he only gets one bar of chocolate ever...more
Its a book i would recommend to choco savy and as half the world are mad about chocolate ieasily is an excellent book on a good topic.
Charlie bucket a ten year old boy lives with his mother and father , maternal grandparents and grandparents.His father works in a toothpaste company. Where he earns a meager salary to keep his family running.Charlie never gets gifts and he always eat cabbage soup and potaoes.His parents can never afford a chocolate bar so he only gets one bar of chocolate every year on his birthday.For the first couple of week he just smells it then he starts nibbling one extra tiny bite everyday so his chocolate bar lasts for a couple of months.So you can realise how poor his parents are.
Then their comes a day when the news spreads that Mr. wonka will be giving five chocolate bars to five lucky kids in any corner of the world of the lucky children will get to see his chocolate factory which has not been seen from the past fifteen year even Mr wonka has not been seen by any body over a decade...less
Welcome to the chocolatey sweet fantasy book. As you know, this book is the basis of two movies(the original movie was 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', and the second one has the same name of this book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.) The most significant reason why I chose this book is my fascination with Johnny Depp. The cover of the book attracted me.
This book starts when Willy Wonka invites five lucky children in the world to his factory by hiding five golden tickets in five ch...more
Welcome to the chocolatey sweet fantasy book. As you know, this book is the basis of two movies(the original movie was 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', and the second one has the same name of this book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.) The most significant reason why I chose this book is my fascination with Johnny Depp. The cover of the book attracted me.
This book starts when Willy Wonka invites five lucky children in the world to his factory by hiding five golden tickets in five chocolates. They will go to his factory where he will show his secret manufacturing process and marvelous skills. And one of the children can get an unbelievable chance. Don't you wonder what chance it is?
I'm 100% sure this book will be engrossing to growing children who absorb fantastic stories. Also, it recalls your childhood, when you were crazy about colorful bubble gums, sparkling soda, and chocolate which makes you peppy. Don't be afraid. Let's go to the chocolate factory....less
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY IS ABOUT 5 LUCKY KIDS WHO GETS TO GO INTO THIS FAMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND THEY GET TO WIN STUFF AND LEARN ALOT OF THIS ABOUT CHOCOLATE.
IN EVERY ROOM THAT THEY GO INTO SOMEBODY GETS LOST AND DON'T GETS OUT UNTILL THE END OF WHEN THE THE TOUR IS OVER.
DEN THIS OLD MAN WANTED TO GET INTO THE FACTORY TO STEEL INGREDIENTS FROM THE CHOCOLATE THAT THEY MAKE,THEN HE MAKEZ FAKE TICKETS AND TRIES TO GET IN THERE. BUT HE DOSEN'T GETS IN. AND THE WINNER THAT STAYED FO...more
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY IS ABOUT 5 LUCKY KIDS WHO GETS TO GO INTO THIS FAMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND THEY GET TO WIN STUFF AND LEARN ALOT OF THIS ABOUT CHOCOLATE.
IN EVERY ROOM THAT THEY GO INTO SOMEBODY GETS LOST AND DON'T GETS OUT UNTILL THE END OF WHEN THE THE TOUR IS OVER.
DEN THIS OLD MAN WANTED TO GET INTO THE FACTORY TO STEEL INGREDIENTS FROM THE CHOCOLATE THAT THEY MAKE,THEN HE MAKEZ FAKE TICKETS AND TRIES TO GET IN THERE. BUT HE DOSEN'T GETS IN. AND THE WINNER THAT STAYED FOR THE WHOLE TOUR GOT TO WIN THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND THE WINNER WAS CHARLIE.
AND HIM AND HISZ GRANDAPA WON THE WHOLE FACTORY.
I REALLY LUV DISZ BOOK. IT IZ MAH FAVORITE BOOK N DA WHOLE WORLD. I SAW IT ABOUT 7 TIMES OR MORE. I READ IT ABOUT 2 TYMEZ. BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS I'VE READ WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. ALL OF MY SIBLINGS LIKE THIS BOOK, N I REMEMBER WHEN WE ALL USED TO WATCH THE MOVIE TOGETHER IN OUR ROOMS.
BUT OVERALL I REALLY LOVE THIS BOOK.
~DOMINIQUE~...less
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Read in January, 2001
recommends it for:
Johnny
So, I saw the original movie of this, and was fascinated by all the unattributed quotations that Willy Wonka throws around. Some of them I recognized, and some I didn't, but all of them were ones of which I wanted to know the origin. So, I decided to finally read the book, because surely that's where they came from. I was sorely disappointed. Not only were the quotations not there, but neither was half the story. You know that whole part in the movie about stealing the gob-stopper and selling it...more
So, I saw the original movie of this, and was fascinated by all the unattributed quotations that Willy Wonka throws around. Some of them I recognized, and some I didn't, but all of them were ones of which I wanted to know the origin. So, I decided to finally read the book, because surely that's where they came from. I was sorely disappointed. Not only were the quotations not there, but neither was half the story. You know that whole part in the movie about stealing the gob-stopper and selling it to the creepy man? That whole part of the plot just doesn't exist in the book. All the kids are trying to do is not be obnoxious. There's no underlying current of doing the right thing.
Don't even get me started on the new movie version... *shudder*
This falls into that rare category of movies-that-were-better-than-the-book (as long as you're talking about the original movie and not the new one)....less
For the first time in a decade, Willy Wonka, the reclusive and eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to the public--well, five members of the public to be exact. The lucky five who find a Golden Ticket in their Wonka chocolate bars will receive a private tour of the factory, given by Mr. Wonka himself. For young Charlie Bucket, this a dream come true. And, when he finds a dollar bill in the street, he can't help but buy two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights--even though ...more
For the first time in a decade, Willy Wonka, the reclusive and eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to the public--well, five members of the public to be exact. The lucky five who find a Golden Ticket in their Wonka chocolate bars will receive a private tour of the factory, given by Mr. Wonka himself. For young Charlie Bucket, this a dream come true. And, when he finds a dollar bill in the street, he can't help but buy two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights--even though his impoverished family could certainly use the extra dollar for food. But as Charlie unwraps the second chocolate bar, he sees the glimmer of gold just under the wrapper! The very next day, Charlie, along with his unworthy fellow winners Mike Teavee, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, and Augustus Gloop, steps through the factory gates to discover whether or not the rumors ....less
Read in December, 2007
recommended to Tifnie by:
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Well, much like the movie with Gene Wilder, the story or rather the movie follows true to form.
Charlie who lives with his parents and both sets of grandparents are very poor.
For Charlie's birthday, his family scrapes money together to buy him a Willy Wonka chocolate bar in hopes that maybe this particular candy bar will bare the winning ticket to tour the Chocolate Factory. Unfortunately, Charlie doesn't have a winning ticket.
Later his father gives him a coin to buy 1 more Willy...more
Well, much like the movie with Gene Wilder, the story or rather the movie follows true to form.
Charlie who lives with his parents and both sets of grandparents are very poor.
For Charlie's birthday, his family scrapes money together to buy him a Willy Wonka chocolate bar in hopes that maybe this particular candy bar will bare the winning ticket to tour the Chocolate Factory. Unfortunately, Charlie doesn't have a winning ticket.
Later his father gives him a coin to buy 1 more Willy Wonka chocolate bar. Surprise, this one does in fact bare the LAST winning ticket.
The story is about what happens in the factory and how each disobedient child gets what they deserve. There is an unlining moral to the story that is priceless....less
Read in June, 2008
recommended to A.L. by:
My quest to read the classics
recommends it for:
anyone
Loved it! Good morals. Wonka was totally different than his movie counterparts - in BOTH movies! Dahl's Wonka was neither strangely mellow like the first movie, nor creepy and self-obsessed like the second. I actually liked Mr. Wonka's childlike joy and energy mixed with a compassion for others. He is right. We should all throw out our television sets! I can see why the official Roald Dahl website states that he was not fond of the movie!
And the Oompa Loompas - totally better in the b...more
Loved it! Good morals. Wonka was totally different than his movie counterparts - in BOTH movies! Dahl's Wonka was neither strangely mellow like the first movie, nor creepy and self-obsessed like the second. I actually liked Mr. Wonka's childlike joy and energy mixed with a compassion for others. He is right. We should all throw out our television sets! I can see why the official Roald Dahl website states that he was not fond of the movie!
And the Oompa Loompas - totally better in the book!
A.L. Travis
Author of The Pillar of Light: The Legends of Milana Series...less
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Because one of my favorite movies came from this book and because I like to get my students hooked on authors who have written a number of books, I read this book aloud to my third graders. The writing is great. I was suprised at how closely the movie follows the book in most parts. It is magical, descriptive, creative, and funny- to me and the little ones. I'd think twice about reading again to this age level though because of the language. Nothing horrific, but I did sensor some mild offe...more
Because one of my favorite movies came from this book and because I like to get my students hooked on authors who have written a number of books, I read this book aloud to my third graders. The writing is great. I was suprised at how closely the movie follows the book in most parts. It is magical, descriptive, creative, and funny- to me and the little ones. I'd think twice about reading again to this age level though because of the language. Nothing horrific, but I did sensor some mild offenders. When "fat" became a cuss word, I don't know, but when repeated over and over, I got a little uncomfortable....less
Read in January, 2005
Four nasty brats and Charlie Bucket are taken on a tour of the wonderfully weird Willie Wonka chocolate factory. It's a sweet read except when Wonka's miniature indentured servants, the Oompa-Loompas, stop the flow to sing dull moralizing ballads after each child on the tour meets his or her fate for their brashness. (after seeing the 2nd movie I like the lyrics better now)Though CatCF is somewhat unusual for what is ostensibly a children’s book, its reputation had lead me to expect mor...more
Four nasty brats and Charlie Bucket are taken on a tour of the wonderfully weird Willie Wonka chocolate factory. It's a sweet read except when Wonka's miniature indentured servants, the Oompa-Loompas, stop the flow to sing dull moralizing ballads after each child on the tour meets his or her fate for their brashness. (after seeing the 2nd movie I like the lyrics better now)Though CatCF is somewhat unusual for what is ostensibly a children’s book, its reputation had lead me to expect more deviant aspects. Then again, a little girl being gang-groped by a pack of squirrels is...odd....less
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Read in December, 2003
Willy Wonka, the eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to five lucky people. There are five Golden Tickets hidden in Wonka chocolate bars and each holder of a Golden Ticket will get a private tour of the factory.
When Charlie Bucket finds a dollar bill in the street, he buys two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights--even though his family could use the extra dollar for food. Charlie is one of the lucky winners and joins his fellow winners at the chocolate factory the...more
Willy Wonka, the eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to five lucky people. There are five Golden Tickets hidden in Wonka chocolate bars and each holder of a Golden Ticket will get a private tour of the factory.
When Charlie Bucket finds a dollar bill in the street, he buys two Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delights--even though his family could use the extra dollar for food. Charlie is one of the lucky winners and joins his fellow winners at the chocolate factory the next day. For Charlie, life will never be the same again.
A classic--not to be missed....less
Read in January, 2007
The author is famous and best author named Ronald Dahl.This book is about non-fiction book but compare to other non-fiction book, this book is looks like realistic.This book is about Charlie who is in poor state. But he got the gold ticket to go his favourite chocolate factory. there have other five children who are going to factory. My favourite character is Charlie because he is kind and good child. My favourite part is about the bubble gum that the girl became fat. In my opinion,I think this ...more
The author is famous and best author named Ronald Dahl.This book is about non-fiction book but compare to other non-fiction book, this book is looks like realistic.This book is about Charlie who is in poor state. But he got the gold ticket to go his favourite chocolate factory. there have other five children who are going to factory. My favourite character is Charlie because he is kind and good child. My favourite part is about the bubble gum that the girl became fat. In my opinion,I think this is very unique book who loves sweet. I will suggested this book to other children....less
This the first book that I remember reading as a child. I do remember that when I originally finished this book, I immediately turned to the beginning and started reading it again. My young imagination truly experienced the "child in a candy store" throughout this entire book. Obviously, I love this book. The current copy that is housed in my bookcase is one that I found on the sideway; poor thing is missing its front cover, but still is intact enough to read. There's something about i...more
This the first book that I remember reading as a child. I do remember that when I originally finished this book, I immediately turned to the beginning and started reading it again. My young imagination truly experienced the "child in a candy store" throughout this entire book. Obviously, I love this book. The current copy that is housed in my bookcase is one that I found on the sideway; poor thing is missing its front cover, but still is intact enough to read. There's something about its condition that makes it even more sentimental in my Minds eye....less
this book is about how their was a poor boy and there was acontest and he wanted to win but there was only 5 tickets in the chocolate bars and ever body is looking for them and 4 kids find the four and there is one more and one day he bought one and the inside it was the ticket and they all go in the factoryand all the kids do some thing and the only one left is charlie but wonka wants to give the factory to charlie but his family cant come with him so charlie says no so then wanka says okay and...more
this book is about how their was a poor boy and there was acontest and he wanted to win but there was only 5 tickets in the chocolate bars and ever body is looking for them and 4 kids find the four and there is one more and one day he bought one and the inside it was the ticket and they all go in the factoryand all the kids do some thing and the only one left is charlie but wonka wants to give the factory to charlie but his family cant come with him so charlie says no so then wanka says okay and the family live in the factory togaether with wonka....less
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Paperback)
isbn: 0142403881
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Paperback)
isbn: 0141301155
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Modern Classics)
isbn: 0142401080
