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Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Paperback – August 16, 2007

by Roald Dahl (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

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Book 1 of 2 in the Charlie Bucket Series

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From the author of The BFG and Matilda!

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!

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"Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland." —The New York Times

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Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World’s No.1 storyteller. Find out more at roalddahl.com.

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Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 810L (What's this?)
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Puffin Books; Reprint edition (August 16, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0142410314
ISBN-13: 978-0142410318
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Customer Reviews: 2,952 customer ratings
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #62 in Children's Fantasy & Magic Books
- #49 in Children's Classics
- #81 in Children's Action & Adventure Books (Books)

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Mike Cohn

Classic children's novel that's fun for adults too

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story I've known for many years from the two movie versions, particularly the Gene Wilder movie I first saw as a child. It's such a joy to finally read the original book as an adult. Dahl had a sardonic sense of humor and could be quite cruel to some of his child characters. But the book is full of whimsy and imagination. Though we don't get Leslie Bricusse's songs, we do get some very funny ones from the Oompa Loompas themselves. And Dahl's amusingly primitive illustrations are perfect at capturing how he imagined the characters to look as opposed to the Hollywood versions that are so familiar to us by now. A true treasure with some biting satire, pointing the finger at some familiar targets that still ring true today, ranging from binge watching TV to overeating to selfishness, greed and ostentatious displays of wealth. Dahl has fun with each of them, but keeps the story entertaining rather than preachy. And just the names of the characters like Willy Wonka, Veruca Salt, Augustus Bloop and Mike Teevee are amusing in themselves. A short read, but a fun one.

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Elizabeth A. Chapin-Pinotti

Terrific Themes for All Ages

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2017

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story to be read again and again. It captures Dahl's excellence in making a hero out of the least popular child around. This is a great tale to reinforce that wealth does not trump poverty and that good guys can finish first. Reading this book in secondary school helps students grasp the deeper meanings of themes, symbols and motifs that can be missed at first glance.

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Chip Hunter

Thank You Roald Dhal!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020

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I’ve been chomping at the bit to get my kids interested in reading books that aren’t carried by the illustrations, and CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY was the book that finally got us over that hurdle! My 4-year-old stayed engaged and followed the story, even brought it up and talked about the characters at times that we were not reading. Even my son (almost 3) generally paid attention, but mostly because he follows his sister’s lead. Other books we’ve tried recently were too long-winded or slow to keep my daughter’s attention, but Roald Dahl’s masterpiece was a hit. I think the vividness of the exaggerated, one-dimensional characters helps young readers/listeners cement the characters into their minds, providing strong anchors to help keep focused on the story. This is particularly true if you can give each of the characters their own recognizable voice when reading this one out loud!

My kids’ favorite part of the book was when the squirrels threw Veruca Salt (and her parents!) down the garbage shoot. I bring that up when the kids start whining about something, reminding them that it was the parents’ spoiling of Veruca that made her into such an insufferable brat! The Oompa-Loompas and their long, complex songs were not as funny as I remembered, and I could tell the kids were pretty much waiting for them to be over so the story could resume. This surprised me since I seemed to remember them being my favorite part. Maybe I just didn’t do them justice in my attempts to sing like an Oompa-Loompa!

The lessons conveyed by CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY are simple but important. Behave with respect, dignity, and politeness and try not to be like Augustus, Veruca, Violet, of Mike, each of whom personify excess, disrespect, selfishness and unhealthy habits. I can’t recommend this book highly enough if you’re looking for an easy-to-follow, short book to read out loud to children! It has simple black-and-white illustrations every few pages, something to look at but not stare at continually, so it is a good book for transitioning from picture books to chapter books.

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Mrs. Roger Wilco

We loved it!

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2016

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I didn’t read this book as a child, so now that I have children of my own, we really loved reading this book together. It is written in a way that young and old can enjoy it.

It’s about a young boy's journey to winning a tour through the chocolate factory in his town. There are plenty of times where we laughed out loud at the ridiculous imagination of Roald Dahl. We are going to order the next one in the series so we can see what else happens!

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2014

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Right before the holiday I was talking with a coworker about Charley and the Chocolate Factory. Although she loved the original movie she had never seen the newer version. I highly recommended that she view it. One point of my recommendation was that it was suppose to be closer to the book.

Only I had never read the book. It has been on my list of books to read forever. However, it never worked out to read it. Until now.

I was delighted to see three works by Roald Dahl on the 100 BBC Books list. Matilda was one of my favorite books as a child! To make it even better Amazon offered a Kindle deal after Christmas discounting both Charley and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. I was excited to finally read this book.

Charley and the Chocolate Factory is written for a younger audience. The children are all around the age of nine.

I hate to write a book review based upon the movie. However, it is rare that I have actually seen the movie before reading the book. I think this will tend to be the case for most everyone.

The book is different from both movies. It is simpler. This is not surprising when you consider the reading level of a nine year old. This is not to say that the book does not give you more then the movie. For one it gives you a way to picture the children and parents in which ever way you see fit. I also enjoy Willey Wonka in the book. He is not as over the top as Johnny Depp, but his is a bit more eccentric then in the original movie.

If you have not read Charley and the Chocolate Factory you should. Better yet, you should pick up the book and read it with (or to) a child.

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A fine book for young children

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2016

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Not too sweet, not too tart, this book gently, humorously, and cleverly, but unmistakably messages children to be kind, not greedy, not selfish, not rude, and not addicted, whether to food, power, or entertainment, while telling an amusing fantastic tale in which comeuppance is delightfully doled out and virtue is rewarded. A valuable story for all children, both good kids and insufferable brats.

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Priyanka

Refreshing read !

Reviewed in India on October 25, 2018

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This story is about a boy named Charlie Bucket who lived with his family. His family barely managed to survive with very little money. There would be some days when Charlie would survive on cabbage soup or just starve. His life was totally miserable.
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But there was on thing that made Charlie happy and that was the smell of the chocolate factory, he used to pass by, twice a day while going and coming back from school. He always used to look at the giant chocolate factory and was eager to know that how would it look from inside.
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The chocolate factory, belonged to Willy Wonka who manufactured the most magical, mouth watering, beautiful and scrumptious chocolates in the whole world. One day, he held a contest for children where he announced that a Golden Ticket would be hidden underneath the ordinary wrapping paper of 5 ordinary bars of chocolate. The 5 lucky finders of these 5 Golden tickets would earn a free day tour in his giant chocolate factory and would also be allowed to see the secrets and magic of his factory.
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A visit to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory is nothing less than a dream come true for any child in the world. His chocolate factory is every chocolate lover's paradise.
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Who would be the 5 luckiest kids who would get a chance to win a free day tour to the chocolate factory ?
Would Charlie be one those 5 kids who would win a day tour to the chocolate factory ?
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This book is soo good that after reading it you are surely going to crave for chocolates 😜😜
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I give 5 / 5.

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Colourful !!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2020

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I ordered this book as a gift thinking it was a normal sized paperback (I didn't look at the size before ordering) with the odd coloured illustration, but when it arrived it was a lovely surprise to find it's a large paperback book (26.4 cm x 19.8 cm) and all of the actual pages are multi-coloured (lovely ice cream colour's) and then all of the illustrations (and they are on every page) are coloured too !! A fantastic story and a beautiful book. (my photo's are a bit rubbish and don't do the colour's justice)

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seema madhavan

A catalyst to a child's imagination!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2019

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Fantastic book!!! Loved reading it with my seven year old daughter. I bought it because she wanted to do a book box on this book for world book day. I was not sur she will enjoy it. But I am happy to say I was absolutely wrong. She loved every page of it. We have been reading about three chapters a day. She now knows exactly what she wants in her book box..... love how Roald Dahl has taken her and me on a journey. We got the couloured version. I was wondering why the couloirs version was 160 pages and the normal one was 200. Wondered if it was a truncated version. The truth is, it is a bigger book and can take more words than the normal book hence the lesser number of pages. Wanted to mention in case some else also wondered. I would recommend the coloured edition. It is more expensive than the normal one but totally worth it as the children can see the couloirs in the picture when Mr Wonka takes them through the journey. Happy reading everyone.

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Arachne202

Who Wouldn't Want To Own Their Own Chocolate Factory?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2013

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This 8+ years reading age novel has been recently read in instalments to my 6-year-old daughter at bedtime. First published in 1964, it describes an Austerity Britain not too dissimilar to today's, as young Charlie Bucket's impoverished family struggle to make ends meet. When the family begin to starve, my daughter indignantly wanted to know why he wasn't getting food at school, and I could only speculate that free school dinners and food banks hadn't come in yet.

Charlie lives down the street from a chocolate factory - Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, the most amazing and most secretive in the world. The smell of melting chocolate in the air drives him wild with both hunger and curiosity. (Living downwind of a biscuit factory, I know what he means!) Mr Wonka announces a competition where the winners of five golden tickets get a free trip to the factory and a lifetime supply of sweets, and the excesses of modern childhood appear in the winners as comedic representatives of greed, materialism, bad manners, and self-absorption win the tickets..... and the final one is found by Charlie, for the most amazing adventure possible.

Roald Dahl spins a modern fairy tale as the scenes depicted within the magical factory are each more colourful and more zany than the last, with many jokes and puns and acidic comments, and several "Revolting Rhymes"-style poems, as sung by the Oompa-Loompas. It is a bit dark, but not excessively so for junior-school aged children. My daughter was barracking for Charlie every step of the way, and was so happy when good things happened to him, that she was turning somersaults around the room.

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Steve W

CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2017

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Great book. I really enjoyed reading this to my 6-year old girls. Lots of fun.

I also really like the larger colour illustrated edition of the Roald Dahl books. The look great and the pictures add to the storytelling.

I would certainly recomend.

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Mr. Eric L. Dyche

This is NOT Greman, the text is in English

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2020

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I purchased this item for my 16-year old son who is studying German believing that the text would be in German, but it's NOT.
The book has arrived (and its a very small book appoximately 150mm (h) x 100mm (w) with very tiny text) and its printed in English.
Not what I was expecting at all.

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Dragonoak

Should be a part of every child's Youth.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2016

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Ahh... memories!

I remember one particularly wet summer holiday in my youth, snuggling up with my Mum, and listening to this book, whilst the rain hammered on the windows and thunder rattled the rooftops. So I borrowed this book from our library (yes, we actually found one!) and read it three times to my 4 year old son, over the space of about 7 weeks. Feeling a little guilty, we returned the book, begrudgingly in my son's case. I look forward to seeing his face when he opens this on his birthday next month!

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S. Gee

Excellent chocolaty fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2012

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As a child I had mixed feelings about Dahl's books, but loved the films, especially the classic Gene Wilder version. Now that I have a little boy of my own I'm working on instilling the magic of books, and decided to try him on a paperback of the Fantastic Mr Fox - he loved it, and so did I. Next up some more substantial fare - enter Charlie. I have to say the book is great - I'm enjoying reading it and my son (very nearly 4) is fascinated by all the details - cabbage soup for dinner and mattresses on the floor etc.

I was particularly interested to see how he'd take to being read to from my tablet - he loves it and likes watching me flick the pages - I was a little worried the medium would be intrusive, but actually I think it works really well.

I haven't yet picked up any of the page-setting errors other reviewers have noted,so these may well have been remedied now, and the illustrations are luminous and lovely on my Blackberry Playbook (with side-loaded android kindle). I am particularly pleased to see that the kindle version is appropriately priced at £1.99 compared to the full price for the paperback.

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Emily

I am hoping to encourage him to love books the way I do

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2017

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My 5 year old is thoroughly enjoying us reading this at bed time. It's such a marvellous story and a way for us to have one on one time. I am hoping to encourage him to love books the way I do

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Rani S

A true classic.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2014

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Loved this book although my daughter knew the story inside out and was able to tell me what was about to happen even before i started each chapter. I have to say this is probably the best Roald Dahl book ever and I can't wait to start reading the Great Glass Elevator - the next book in the series. There's a real sense of justice in this book with the most deserving child, Charlie left at the end while the others see a bad end. Loved all the variety of sweets and chocolates. A real treat for a chocaholic like me :)

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2014

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I read this to my 5.5 year old grandson and he loved it. His facial expressions were a joy to watch as he shared all the emotions which Roald Dahl expresses so wonderfully. Each story telling session lasted 1.5 hours! This was also a book club choice and each adult gave it 5 stars out of 5. We looked at it more in depth and realised that it could also have been a reflection of Roald Dahl's own childhood. The characters portrayed were larger than life but easy to imagine. Dahl has written some great tales and this is one if them. Recommended for any age it's great fun and also has quite a moral message to it.

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Enjoyed returning to a childhood favourite

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2018

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Bought on Roald Dahl day because of a special offer. Enjoyed getting to know Charlie and the Bucketts once immensely. One of my fav books as a child and my enjoyment hasn't been dimmed by the passage of several decades.

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When I was a child.....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2015

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I read this book so many times I new it inside out! One evening I read the whole book cover to cover. When I told my dad he said you can't possibly have taken it in reading so quickly. I gave him the book and said ask me anything you like, he started at the beginning asking questions about the story. When he asked what Charlie's grandparents were called and I said which ones he gave me back my book 😀! I'm 49 now with grown children of my own and have just read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the first time in about 35 years. Not only is it a wonderful story still, it also reminds me of a very precious moment I had with my dad.

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Colour edition, wonderful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2012

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This is a review for the colour edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colour Edn) It is fabulous! I have bought it for my daughter's 6th birthday and I know she will love it as it really helps bring the story alive with yummy sweets. It is nice to have so many pictures illustrating the story because it is quite a wordy book. I cannot wait to read it to her, I think she will be very attentive which she isn't always if there are not too many pictures in a chapter book.

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Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2018

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Bought for my six year old who has recently discovered BFG on audio cd which is amazing (read by David Walliams) and this one did not disappoint either. Great story, not too scary but wonderful imagination and morals.

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