Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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176 pages · Released 2005 · Puffin Books
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This beloved classic celebrates kindness, honesty, and generosity while gently mocking greed and bad behavior. The story is whimsical and fantastical, with eccentric characters and magical settings that delight young readers. A few children face consequences for misbehavior in slightly unsettling (though ultimately non-lethal) ways, and Wonka's factory contains some mildly eerie elements, but nothing traumatic. The book is age-appropriate for most children in early elementary school and up, and is widely taught in schools.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. i... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin 11 months later. In the 2012 survey published by SLJ, a monthly with primarily US audience, Charlie was the second of four books by Dahl among their Top 100 Chapter Books, one more than any other writer. Time magazine in the US included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time.
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- Childrens Media Tie-In Books
- Children's Middle Grade Action & Adventure Books
- Children's Picture Books
- Avarice
- Behavior
- Chocolat
- Chocolate
- Chocolate factories
- Conducta
- Conduct of life
- Cuentos humorísticos
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
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ISBN 9780142403884 · Puffin Books