charlie and the chocolate factory 1st edition

In the best fairy tale tradition, Dahl doesn't hide the fact that the world can be a grim and unfair place. Dahl has peopled these pages with some highly memorable bad children, and readers everywhere love to laugh with glee at their crazy behavior - and its consequences. Roald Dahl clearly has a point to make here, but never does the reader feel he is preaching he's just reveling in giving spoiled kids their most perfectly just comeuppance. Rarely, if ever, has a morality tale been dressed up in such an entertaining story.

What lies in store for the children depends on how they behave on their tour. Charlie visits the chocolate factory along with four bratty children: greedy Augustus Gloop, chewing gum addict Violet Beauregarde, spoiled Veruca Salt, and television-obsessed Mike Teavee. Charlie is excited when Wonka holds a contest, placing a golden ticket in five chocolate bars each person who finds a ticket will get to bring a special guest along and visit the factory, and receive a lifetime supply of sweets! Charlie is too poor to buy more than one candy bar a year, so when he wins a ticket, his whole family celebrates. Charlie is captivated by his Grandpa Joe's stories about Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory and his efforts to keep his amazing recipes from leaking to other candy-makers.

However, he is rich in love, living with his devoted parents and grandparents so old and sick they never get out of bed. In Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, poor Charlie Bucket is practically starving. That same year, it was released as an audiobook read by Monty Python member Eric Idle, which is loads of fun. The book was adapted for a film titled Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory in 1971, and made into a movie titled Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, starring Johnny Depp, in 2005. Charlie lives a life of poverty that's portrayed as bleak and depressing, although the love between him and his family makes their day-to-day struggles more bearable. Various forms of bad behavior are demonstrated, and are punished in ways that perfectly fit the crimes. It's a vividly told wild ride with amusing, cartoon-like sketches that will keep kids excited and laughing.

Parents need to know that Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a classic children's book about five kids who win a chance to tour Willy Wonka's mysterious candy-making operation. Wonka's factory contains a room meant for creating what he refers to as Butterscotch and Buttergin, and when the Oompa Loompas drink those concoctions, they become 'drunk as lords.' Charlie stops into a shop that sells 'everything, including sweets and cigars.'ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.

Charlie and the chocolate factory 1st edition