Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colour Edition)

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A 2004 study found that it was a common read-aloud book for fourth-graders in schools in San Diego County, California. A 2012 survey by the University of Worcester determined that it was one of the most common books that UK adults had read as children, after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and The Wind in the Willows. a b c Mangan, Lucy (13 September 2014). "Top 10 characters that didn't make Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016 . Retrieved 12 August 2016. Sir Quentin Blakewas born in the suburbs of London in 1932 and has drawn ever since he can remember. At 16, his first drawings were published in Punch, and he has made his living as an illustrator ever since. He is known for his collaboration with writers such as Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, Michael Rosen, John Yeoman and, most famously, Roald Dahl. His books have won numerous prizes and awards, including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award and the international Bologna Ragazzi Prize. He won the 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the highest international recognition given to creators of children’s books. a b c d Jones, Miracle (2 February 2009). " 'Spotty Powder,' the Lost Chapter from Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (blog)". The Fiction Circus. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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Another novelist, Eleanor Cameron, compared the book to the sweets that form its subject matter, commenting that it is "delectable and soothing while we are undergoing the brief sensory pleasure it affords but leave its poorly nourished with our taste of dulled for better fare". Ursula K. Let Guin voiced her support for this assessment in a letter to Cameron. Defenders of the book have pointed out it was unusual for its time in being quite dark for a children's book, with the "antagonists" not being adults or monsters (as in the case for most of Dahl's books) but the naughty children, who receive sadistic punishment in the end. However, despite criticisms and complaints about the "high-handed way in which Mr Willy Wonka treats other people in the book", Mr. Wonka remains authoritarian, the supposedly tasteless features remain, the violence to the various children remains, and the supposedly dual nature of the intended readership also remains firmly unchanged. a b c d "The Vanilla Fudge Room". Roald Dahl Archive. 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016 . Retrieved 12 August 2016. The cover art for Penguin UK's Modern Classics 50th Anniversary Edition of the book (publication date September 2014) has also received substantial criticism for his taste level and age-appropriateness. (See Editions.) Roald Dahl’s classic tale has been adapted into two major motion pictures, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory(1971) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(2005). In 1971, Dahl wrote a sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, published in 1972.The other children are truly ghastly and leave us rooting for Charlie. But again these characters have become some of the best known in literature. Dahl drew inspiration for the story from his own childhood. In the 1920s, chocolate makers in England would frequently send samples to school children in exchange for their opinions on new products. Two of the largest competing chocolate companies, Cadbury and Rowntree, would send spies posing as employees to discover the other’s trade secrets. As a result, the companies became highly protective of their chocolate making process. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired the author to write his story.

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A musical based on the novel called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical premiered at the West End's Theater Royal, Dury Lane in May 2013 and officially opened on 25 June. The show is directed by Sam Mendes and stars Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka. a b Talbot, Margaret (29 August 2014). "Cultural Comment: Meant For Kids". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014 . Retrieved 3 September 2014. The Roald Dahl Collection Set 1: James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits

a b "Official: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY to Play Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Begins May 18". BroadwayWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. Symon, Evan V. (14 January 2013). "10 Deleted Chapters that Transformed Famous Books". listverse.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015 . Retrieved 1 September 2014. Spotty Powder": Jones, Miracle (2 February 2009). " 'Spotty Powder,' the Lost Chapter from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (blog)". The Fiction Circus . Retrieved 12 August 2016. Roald Dahl(1916–1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to "a wonderful faraway place." In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939, he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died, children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years.