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by: Roald Dahl  List Price: $6.99 Price: $1.00 You Save: $5.99 (86%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN: 9780141301150 ISBN: 0141301155 Label: Puffin Manufacturer: Puffin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: June 01, 1998 Publisher: Puffin Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Puffin Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, along with Roald Dahl's other tales for younger readers, make him a true star of children's literature. Dahl seems to know just how far to go with his oddball fantasies; in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for example, nasty Violet Beauregarde blows up into a blueberry from sneaking forbidden chewing gum, and bratty Augustus Gloop is carried away on the river of chocolate he wouldn't resist. In fact, all manner of disasters can happen to the most obnoxiously deserving of children because Dahl portrays each incident with such resourcefulness and humor. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a singular delight, crammed with mad fantasy, childhood justice and revenge, and as much candy as you can eat. The book is also available in Spanish (Charlie y la Fabrica de Chocolate). (The suggested age range for this book is 9-12, but nobody this reviewer has met can resist it, including New York City bellhops, flight attendants, and grumpy teenagers.) Product Description: The gates of Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory are opening at last--and only five children will be allowed inside. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - From man that doesn't like childrenDahl is a misogynistic creep who was probably abused as a child. Hurting children is NOT funny. Roald Dahl, and most British childrens' book authors, love to write stories about tormented, punished, starving, suffering children. I don't think British people like children, period. Just read David Copperfield or Oliver Twist by Dickens, any Harry Potter book, Alice in Wonderland among others. British children freeze and are chronically abused until they one day discover a "magical world" where ... Read More Rating:  - Simply scrumdiddlyumptious!This is my first Roald Dahl book and I must say I love it! Highly imaginative and full of lessons, this book is a gem. I like the little boy Charlie very much and like most children, he is full of curiosity. He is also obedient for he listens to his parents, Mr and Mrs Bucket, and his very old grandparents. His family is poor and the seven of them live in a tiny, worn-down house. It is heartbreaking reading his family situation. One day, Mr Willy Wonka, a well-known chocolate maker who ... Read More Rating: - wonderfulit was my favorate book and i love it so much im reading the secquel i cant say much more because it was so good please read it. it will definitly satisfy your craving for chocolate. Rating:  - Charming, funny, happyIllustrated by Quentin Blake OK, so reading this after seeing the new movie, where Johnny Depp appears to channel Michael Jackson in one of the oddest performances ever on film, I must say that Johnny Depp actually captured the essence of Dahl's Wonka very closely. Some of the things that I thought were added to the movie for special effects impacts (like the glass elevator crashing into Charlie's house) were actually direct from the book. Dahl's story is much ... Read More Rating: - just rightit was just as advertised, in good shape and I was interested to read the original. There are some interesting differences from the original story and the original movie... 
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