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Suitable for 8 - 11 years

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Toffee trees and chocolate rivers. Magic is on the menu in Roald Dahl’s tastiest book! Charlie Bucket loves chocolate. Who doesn’t? Trouble is, his family are so poor that all they can afford to eat is cabbage soup. Yuck. But one day Charlie wins a golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory: a vast paradise of lip-smacking flavours and weirdly wonderful inventions. Here, amid the cocoa forests and bubbling vats of sweeties, an astonishing surprise is waiting for Charlie…

  • Roald Dahl’s bestselling book – a truly tasty classic
  • A dream ticket into a world where fantasies come alive
  • Flamboyant, darkly funny and boundlessly imaginative
  • “The ultimate children’s story ever.” David Walliams

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Catalogue number

5178 in ROW Export Catalogue 2019 and 5178 in ROW Primary Rewards Catalogue 2018/19

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141365374

Publisher

Puffin

Date published

February 4th, 2016

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Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.8; Middle years; 5.0 points

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  • 208 pages
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Author/Illustrator

Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales on September 13th 1916. His parents were Norwegian, and were called Harald and Sofie. He went to Repton school, in Derbyshire, and left school in 1933.

His first job was in Africa, with the Shell Oil Company. In the second world war he fought as a fighter pilot, and was badly injured when his plane crashed. After the war he worked in America, and soon started writing stories.

His very first children’s book, written in 1943 was called The Gremlins. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the USA liked it so much he was invited to the White House and became friends with the President, Franklin D Roosevelt.

He wrote a number of books and short stories for adults, many of which were televised as the hugely popular Tales of the Unexpected.

But it was as a children’s author that he found greatest fame and satisfaction, saying “I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers…Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful.” Millions of fans around the world agreed and have chuckled and gasped at his amazing stories. His mesmerising stories, written in sizzling, sparkly language, will lead you into adventures you’ll never ever forget!

From 1945 until his death, he lived at Gipsy House, in Buckinghamshire, where he wrote his famous children’s books. He died in hospital in Oxford, on November 23rd, 1990. His books have continued to be read and loved, and have been made into a number of hit films, including Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You can even visit the Roald Dahl Museum in the village where Dahl lived for most of his life.

In 2009 the Roald Dahl Funny Prize was established in his memory.

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  1. Croc 113527

    Numo
    on 21 November 2018

    This book is absolutely amazing!

    I love the way it describes candy and chocolate, it makes my mouth water.

    it completely changes my mind from what i think is about to happen!

    it is honestly such a good book!

    if you do not read it you are missing out on something magical!

    5out of 5
  2. Goldie 113308

    Isgar
    on 11 October 2018

    I think 🤔 people who like sweet and chocolate 🍫 would like this book 📚!!

    4out of 5
  3. Avatar robot 761806

    choc6426
    on 24 June 2017

    Charlie and the chocolate factory is a very old book by Roald Dahl. I love how all the sweet treats are described in the book like so detailed.

    5out of 5
  4. Evie 113313

    lulillyno
    on 6 October 2016

    I love this book because i think it tells people that are feeling down that there is always a bright side to a bad thing. My favourite part in this book is where he finds the golden ticket in the chocolate bar. How he finds it is when he is walking home he finds a 5 dollar note on the ground he picks it up and runs to the sweet shop. he buys three chocolate bar and stuffs two of them down. When he opens the third one he sees something gold. He tears the rest of it open and finds a GOLDEN TICKET. He runs home as fast as he could and told his family all about finding the money on the ground. Can you believe his luck? He wants his grandpa to go with him but then realised that grandpa has not walked for over twenty years! He is very sad. But then grandpa jumps out of bed and off they go. that is why that is my favourite part of the story.

    5out of 5