Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play (Puffin Books)

I like this book because it was very funny and there was a lot of nice and kind people in it, also there is a lot of chocolate in it! But most of all I liked it because it had a happy ending.

Just Desserts -- More Engaging Story Than the Movie Provides (4/7 people found this helpful)

Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was one of her picks.

Since many people have seen the movie and not read the book, let me briefly compare them. The book creates more of a contrast between want and plenty. Charlie Bucket and his family are literally starving to death in the book. The book is also more of a moral tale, along the lines of Dickens. Some of the satire is much more wickedly funny as well. For example, each time something happens to one of the other children in the Chocolate Factory, the Oompa-Loompas sing a very witty, satirical song to emphasize the lesson . . . not unlike a Greek chorus.

If you don't know the story, Willie Wonka is a regular candy magician. He has made a chocolate ice cream that doesn't melt even when out in the sun all day. He can make a gumball that never melts in your mouth, so you never have to buy another. He has candy balloons that you can blow up, and then eat.

But his competitors sent spies into his factory and stole his secrets. So he fired all of his employees and closed the factory. Then, one day it started up again behind a locked gate. But no one ever came in or went out. You could see small shapes behind some of the windows. The candy comes out each day from a hole in the wall all packed and addressed for the post office.

Suddenly, Willie Wonka announces that the children who are the holders of five golden tickets (hidden in five of his candy bars) will be allowed a one day tour of the factory. Everyone wants one!

Augustus Gloop lives on candy. His mother isn't surprised when he gets a ticket because he always eating candy.

Miss Veruca Salt is spoiled and her parents are rich. Her father bought 100,000 candy bars and had the people in his factories open all the wrappers until they found one.

Miss Violet Beauregard is a world champion gum chewer, and has been working on the same piece for 3 years now.

Mike Teavee never leaves his television, and likes to shoot at the screen with his 8 toy pistols.

Charlie Bucket is a poor boy who lives next to the factory. His father has just lost his job. He gets one candy bar a year for his birthday. Alas, the candy bar did not have a ticket in it. Feeling sorry for him, his grandfather gives Charlie his last 10 cents. That doesn't do it either. What now?

Inside the Chocolate Factory is a world better than Oz. Every child will love to hear about its wonders. Every parent will feel terrific for reading about these amazing features and sharing them. If you are like me, you will especially like the INVENTING ROOM.

After you finish enjoying this story with your child, I suggest that you talk about what you can do to help poor children. After all, Willie Wonka only helped one. There are lots more out there. I guess he wanted each of us to have our chance to help.

The next time you are in the mood for a dessert, imagine that you can have one of Willie Wonka's amazing delights! It'll feed your imagination while keeping your waistline right where it is.

Read along to take a trip through a chocolate factory! (2/4 people found this helpful)

I read the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. This was a great book to read. Though this was fictional, it was also realistic because you could picture the story going on in your head. I also found myself feeling like I was going through the experiences along with the story. Enough with the rating, let's get to the story so you can read it and rate it yourself! A young, poor child, Charlie, lived with a very poor family. Once a year, on his birthday, his grandparents along with his parents (to chip in with money) would give him one measly little Willie Wonka's chocolate candy bar. His clothes were in rags, he was all dirty and very sad that he was this way. One day he saw that there was a contest that had to do with Willie Wonka's chocolate factory. Mr. Wonka would put 5 golden tickets in his Willie Wonka chocolate bars. Charlie wanted to win the contest so bad, but he only got candy bars once a year, so he didn't have a good chance of winning one of the golden tickets. His grandfather decided that since the contest was so important to Charlie, he would get him a candy bar. The next day, his grandfather got him a chocolate candy bar. Everyone was so eager for him to open and win because you wouldn't just get a golden ticket, but a tour through the factory and a 1 year supply of candy bars! When Charlie opened the wrapper, so eager to win, there was no golden ticket. Charlie was so upset because he really thought that he had a chance. Until.... The next day, to his surprise, he found money in the sewer to buy a candy bar at the candy shop. He was kind of scared and eager to win because he wouldn't have anymore money to take a second chance. He opened the door to the candy shop and stepped in the shop, hoping that he would win a golden ticket, for there was only one more left. He selected a bar and carefully peeled open the wrapper. In amazement, he found the golden ticket! Yes, it was the last golden ticket and he had won it! Everyone crowded around Charlie in hope that maybe they could grab it from him. He was very excited, but also scared that maybe some adult or kid would grab the golden ticket for themselves. Finally the storekeeper said to go home and show his family what he had won in his candy bar. When Charlie went home and screamed that he had won the golden ticket everyone cheered. It was now ready to go to the front gate of the factory. I'm sure that you know how little Charlie must have felt winning the prize. You'll have to read the book to find out what happens along the tour with Mr. Wonka himself.

I thought this was the best book I have ever read! (0/1 people found this helpful)

The book I read by Roald Dahl was called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This book is about a poor boy named Charlie and his loving family. They lived in a little house and were very squished. There was candy bars called Wonka Bars, and only five contain a golden wrapper. The bars are named after Mr. Wonka. Mr. Wonka owns the greatest candy factory in the world! If you happen to be the lucky one to find a golden wrapper inside of your candy wrapper then you won a tour to through Mr. Wonka's factory. Then one lucky day Charlie's loving grandfather gave him some money and he got his last wonka bar and he won! He went to the factory and it was crazy in there! I'm talking pure madness! Everyone in that won did something bad, except for Charlie. Mr. Wonka rewarded him with something, get this book and find out what happens. This book is funny, and exciting I recommend this book for any reader!

Ilike the book very well. (1/4 people found this helpful)

I liked the book a very lot because i love chocolate.My favorite character was Varuca Salt because she got really good cloths and every thing she wants.I think that Charlie was a very nice kid becausehhe was raised up to be a very nice kid. I liked him batter then the rest of the children because he was brought up to be avery polight boy and has lots of good manners.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play (Puffin Books)

Roald Dahl

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A very good book (1/3 people found this helpful)

Just Desserts -- More Engaging Story Than the Movie Provides (4/7 people found this helpful)

Read along to take a trip through a chocolate factory! (2/4 people found this helpful)

I thought this was the best book I have ever read! (0/1 people found this helpful)

Ilike the book very well. (1/4 people found this helpful)

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