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Summary: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Review: I love the book and the movie. I just want to ask everyone/anyone {other than Chuck} if they remember the movie being called Charlie and the Chocloate Factory? I do! My family and friends do! Everyone but Chuck remembers that. Let me know what you heard it called in the 70's or 80's please. Thanks!
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Summary: Morality play for children!
Review: There are few children's stories that actually are educational; however, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl is indeed the exception to the rule. In this book, children are taught to be polite, listen when grown ups talk and not act like spoiled brats, e.g., Augustus Gloop who stuffs his face full of candy and chocolate and can be seen as a warning against gluttony and Veruca Salt is a lesson concerning the nature of obedience. I must say that I thought that the movie was a bit better in illustrating the story and the songs that Will Wonka sang in the chocolate room made the entire scene come alive. However, as a morality play for children; this book in question, i.e., Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl is as good as it gets and should be recommended to teach children manners, integrity, ethics and how to act civilized.
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Summary: a review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Review: The book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is a little funny, but not completely funny. Wonka invited the kids to his factory in a very interesting way. He sent out 5 golden tickets in 5 ordinary, plain old Wonka Candy bars. If you found a ticket you got to go to Wonka's factory, and afterwards get enough chocolate to last your whole life. One of the scary things is that all the kids except Charlie are not very nice kids. Each of the kids except for Charlie, ends up having something bad happen to them. Some of the funny things are the silly things that happen in Wonka's factory like the Oompa Loompa's songs. It was very neat that he had a chocolate river, a candy boat and candy grass and buttercups. I liked when Wonka talked about his everlasting gobstoppers, which never lose their flavor and never get smaller. And Wonka's chewing gum is very neat. The only problem with Wonka's chewing gum is that when Violet started to chew one, the bad thing that happened her just began. Another neat thing about Wonka's invention is he found a way to send chocolate by television. Another scary thing, is that Wonka crashes a glass elevator through the roof of Charlie's house.
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Summary: Just Desserts -- More Engaging Story Than the Movie Provides
Review: 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.
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Summary: Almost Homeless Folk Inherit A Chocolate Factory
Review: The Buckets are very, very poor. But when Charlie finds a dollar bill in the street their luck begins to change. He buys a bar of chocolate which is the recent phenomenon with Willy Wonka opening his factory to five lucky winners who find a golden ticket in a Wonka bar. He finds a ticket in his bar! Him and his Grandpa Joe Get a tour with the four other winners. They have a great adventure and at the end Mr.Wonka gives Charlie a big suprise. This is a Dahl classic for all ages.
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Summary: Masterpiece
Review: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is one of the most wildly imaginative and dramatically appealing children's novels of the twentieth century. Simply put, kids love it. (Adults love it, too.) The premise of a poor starving boy who lives near the most wonderful and secretive candy factory in the world is inspired. Dahl has a skillful knack for making you want to read the next chapter. Once you meet the interesting characters such as Charlie's Grandpa Joe, and hear about the mythical Mr. Wonka, you are hooked. The pace accelerates as the world learns that Mr. Wonka will allow five lucky children into his secretive factory, if they happen to buy a candy bar that has a golden ticket in it. The winners are mostly awful brats - each one is presented as an example of how NOT to behave. There's something Dickensian in Dahl's wild wit and unabashed morals. But what of Charlie, our hero? How can he find a ticket when he can't even afford a candy bar? I won't give the rest away (there's much more to this plot), but suffice it to say that there are moments of pure excitement and fun throughout this book that will be remembered for a lifetime. And as a children's librarian, I urge you: please have your kids read this book instead of just showing them the movie version. Let them imagine it for themselves first.
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Summary: A Wonder for All Ages
Review: If you liked the movie than you will enjoy this book even more. This timeless story is not only wonderful but adds the magic back in to the life of the reader. It is not only a book of kid-like dreams, but one to bring a strong moral message to everyone. You will thoroughly enjoy this book. Don't expect many pictures on the pages, just in your mind. Enjoy it as you did the movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."
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Summary: A Favorite
Review: Roald Dahl was a genius. He wrote so many titles that perfectly captured the sensibilities of young people. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is probably the most familar title of the books he wrote for children. If you enjoyed the Gene Wilder movie, you'll enjoy the book even more. I still go back and read this familiar title from time to time. It's warm-hearted, witty and a terrific read! I heartily endorse it and ALL of Dahl's works.
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Summary: A Good Book for Children
Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was number one of all books I ever read. I don't read a whole lot but as a young student who puts everything we read in school aside, I couldn't put this book down. I would highly recommend this book to any one who enjoys laughter, sadness, and exciting endings. I didn't want the the book to end although I love the ending when one of the five kids was good and the other four kids were bad. I think Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a very good book. I would recommend it to anybody who likes funny books. I really liked it. My favorite part is when they went into this place where everything you could eat and there was a chocolate river.
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Summary: shocking
Review: The most interesting book I read was Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and I couldn't put it down. I thought the book was not going to be so interesting as it was. As I read the first chapter it was already more interesting than I imagined. Charlie and his family lived in a small house. Charlie had a birthday coming up. For his birthday he always got ten cents , you maybe thinking that it's not that much but alot of stuff back then did not cost that much. Anyway, he got his dime and started out for school on his way to school he would pass a candy shop he usually just walked on but today he stopped. If you want to know the rest you'll just have to read the book. My favorite part was when the fat kid got sucked in the chocolate tunnel. I really liked the ending because Charlie, Willy Wonka and everyone else who won shot up though the roof in a elevator.
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