My little son 'William' is now 9 months old and is doing really well. My daughter 'Aimee' who is now...
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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY This book is really aimed at children between the ages of 7yrs-12yrs of age, although I have read it again recently and I still really enjoy it and I am 33yrs old so I think anyone could enjoy this at any age as it is a real classic story.
I think this is a book every child should read and preferably read before they see the film. The reason I say this is because I think this is a book that would really stimulate a child's imagination. You can conjure up as you read this book some marvellous images, really getting the child to think and see this magical world that Roald Dahl has created in this book. If a child has already seen the film the images they will create in there head will be of those watched in the film so they would not be really using there imagination skills to the full and wouldn't benefit in the same way.
The true talent of Roald Dahl and how well he relates to things from a child's point of view really show in this book. He starts off by listing all the main characters in the book and includes pictures of each one. This way it is made easier for the child to remember each ones name by just visualising the way each character looks from the illustrations. Also Charlie's grandparents are named in such a way to make it easy to remember: Grandpa Jo and his wife Grandma Josephine. Also Grandpa George and his wife Grandma Georgina. The way he names these characters is a typical instance of Roald Dahl constantly thinking of not just the story he is writing, but of the reader reading this and easing them into all the characters in quite an intelligent way.
The story itself is based on a boy called Charlie who comes from a very poor family. He is not greedy or selfish in anyway - he cherishes everything he has and when he receives just one bar of chocolate for his birthday present (the only bar of chocolate he will have all year), he treasures it like it is gold and eats it slowly making it last a whole month. When it is announced that there will be 5 lucky winners in the whole world who will get to go into the largest Chocolate Factory in the world Charlie really wants to win one of these lucky golden tickets which are found inside 5 chocolate bars. But knowing his family doesn't have much money to buy chocolate bars he doesn't think he stands a chance. So how does he get the winning ticket?, what does he discover in this mysterious and magical Chocolate Factory?. Well for anyone who hasn't read this I will leave that for you to find out.
The meaning behind this book however is a very important lesson for any child to learn. This is that anything is possible no matter what background you come from. Something can be just around the corner that could change your life forever. You don't have to be super rich or greedy or selfish to get what you want - you just have to be yourself.
ROALD DAHL This book for Roald Dahl was said to be one of the most difficult books he wrote, but it turned out to be the most successful. Roald Dahl's inspiration for this book came from his schooldays when he and other friends were asked by Cadbury's to test new bars of chocolate. As a result Roald used to dream that one day he could win the praise of Mr Cadbury's by inventing a chocolate bar himself. So this book reflects one of Roald Dahl's dreams he had as a child.
QUENTIN BLAKE For me Quentin Blake's illustrations really make this book special. His illustrations for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were put into all the books from 1995 onwards. His style of drawing is very unique and there is a really good use of expression in his illustrations. His drawings are humorous and interesting to look at and the book just wouldn't be the same without them.
BOOK DETAILS The ISBN number for this book is: ISBN 0-141-31130-4 Although this book was first published in 1964, this particular edition was first published in 2001. This book is priced at £5.99, but is available for less on E-bay and Amazon.
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