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 Amazing May 25, 2004
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a book full of adventures and great things.A young boy by the name of Charlie, who loves Wonka Chocolate bars.The factory is full of unbeliveable things, chocolate milk maker, gum drop trees, this place has it all! The owner of the company Mr. Wonka, has a contest, he sends out Golden Tickets on the inside of Wonka Bars. Now Charlie, a poor young boy , thinks he has no chance of winning. He lives in a small shack. Little does Charlie know, what he is about to unwrap. This book was one that kept me interested. I thought a lot of the things that went on were pretty awesome. The movie is just as good as the book. I have a fair Warning for you though, DONT WATCH THIS MOVIE IF YOUR HUNGRY!
 Dahl A True Artist, Story Classic December 3, 2001
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
While the book version of this tale is much darker than the movie script, the overall message is valuable to 4th graders (when it was read to me), & adults alike - over indulgence, of any sort, leads to no good.... The tale always stuck w/ me, & is classic - it will stick w/ children by & large.
There are few comparisons to Dahl, when it comes to a descriptive setting, & lavish tale, w/ a lesson to boot (you in the patoot!)... My only lament is that the author is dead.
Sherry -(;o)~
A charming childs' books August 14, 2001
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've read this book as a child, and think it is a classic.The book fuses three basic themes - the cinderella story (a child who rises from poverty to fortune), every child's fanatasy of owning a sweets shop / factory, and Jules Verne style fantasy (Oompa Loompas from Africa, miraculous sweets, fantastic teleporting TV, etc). This book was passed in my extended family from child to child, and as everybody knows and likes it, we sometimes jokingly refer to it. I've read it nearly twenty years ago, and enjoyed picking up the same copy I read than and reread it a short while ago - it's one of my favourite childhood books.
A FIVE STAR RATING!!!!! October 3, 2000
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
It starts about a poor little boy who barly has anything to eat. He lives with his great grandparents and his mother. On his way to school everyday he walks past a gaint chocolate factory,the oner is a strange little man with lots of secrets.
A young boy is encaptivated by a mysterious candy factory. June 20, 1999
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is definately a must read for all ages! It magically takes the reader into the delicious world of Willy Wonka and his mysterious Oompa Loompas while teaching us all a lesson in honesty. I dare you not to get the munchies while reading this fantastically written edible story.
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