Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Charlie and the chocolate factory – Penguin Young Readers

Author: Roald Dahl

Illustrator: Quentin Blake

Year: 2001 (this edition)

Publisher: Pearson Educational Limited, England

Age: 7 and above

No. of Pages: 32

ISBN: 978 0 58245 618 5

This near-fairy tale is made of stuff that children dream of – a world made of sugar, a chocolate river, plenty of magic sweets. It’s no wonder Hollywood immortalized it.

Charlie Bucket comes from a poor family. They're so poor that his parents can afford to buy him only one chocolate bar a year and that's on his birthday. By a quirk of fate, Charlie gets to visit the neighborhood chocolate factory and the rest of the tale is a dream come true for him and ends with a big surprise for all of his family. 

This is also a story of hope, triumph and happiness. Just the perfect book for a child. :-)

Excerpt

It was time to sail down the chocolate river. Charlie looked around. Everything in this amazing world was made of sugar. The pink boat was sugar!



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