The latest in my recent teaching of Dahl books...

Yes I get that it's a beloved children's novel, and the whole weird Roald Dahl thing. And much has already been said of the problematic Oompah-Loompah problematic African pygmies thing (really it's much more offensive in the books about them being shipped in crates from their land, unlike the film adaptations where they're just unexplained magical creatures).

But what really bothered me is the lesson that the way to get out of poverty is to win the lottery. It's not even just that Charlie's family is poor, they are outright starving before he wins the golden ticket. I know I know, it wouldn't be a whimsical story to get into government social programs and capitalistic exploitation. But the subtext really is there: Get out of poverty by winning the lottery.

A funny book for kids of course, but even for a children's novel don't analyze it too much!

Admittedly, maybe I'm overthinking this

This was pretty fun! I really like both epic movies. Charlie does not commit a crime like the gene wilder version and the oompa loompas songs are different. But this was very fun short read. All I can say is Ronald Dahl wants kids to read again and I agree wholeheartedly!

I'm sitting here on the couch watching Violet turn violet and fill up with juice before being sent off to the de-juicing room. The sun is going down, and it's almost bedtime out here, at least for the kids. My night is just beginning. I've been halfway following along with the movie and thinking about how awesome it was to be a kid- to dream of chocolate factories and eating a lifetime supply of chocolate with no fear of diabetes or a heart attack.

This was the first book I read all the way through with the kids, and then we were immediately back at the library to pick up the sequel, which I never read as a kid. It has a really weird beginning. Not quite the same as this one. But I'm having the time of my life reading classic children's book out loud and feeling young again.

My oldest son is 7 and he's on he fourth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. He's flying through them! He now takes a book to school, in the car on short rides, to bed at night, and anywhere else he can. Hashtag parenting win. I hope he sticks with it.

Mike Teevee just got blasted into a million pieces and showed up on television. What a wild trip that was, he says. Almost time for Charlie to.... spoiler alert... we'll, you know what happens next. You should know. Everyone knows. Gene Wilder is awesome.

I thought I read a lot of Roald Dahl as a kid, but there are a lot of books I missed apparently. I did star as the father of James in my high school's production of James and the Giant Peach. I had one line, I think. I just said "Oh no! A rhino!" I'm pretty sure that was it, and then I died. Trampled by a rhinoceros.

You get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!

i read this book at the age of approximately 8 and immediately transferred all of my hopes and dreams into discovering, touring, and inheriting a whimsical chocolate factory.

i've never quite gotten over that, so...

let me know if you have any leads?

part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago

Read this book ages ago and my children loved this story. We have also watched the movie many times. storytelling at it's best.

I love Roald Dahl' s style of writing and his dark humour. Aron my son loved it and was giggling at the jokes. He got so excited when he knew the oompa loompas were going to sing.
Although I enjoy the book I find Mr.Wonka quite sinister and personally find the whole story very odd. I find it very odd that they all think it's alright for Willy Wonka to enslave all the oompa loompas feeding them just coca beans. I can't help thinking that Willy Wonka is to blame for the collapse of the surrounding areas ie The Bucket Family's struggles. As he does not employ staff that spend within the surrounding area. I understand it is just a story and yes he gives the factory to Charlie in the end but still with the oompa loompas! I just think Willy Wonka is no different than the greedy fat cats of this day and age. Or was Roald Dahl trying to tell us that?!

I am a grown up woman yet I prefer reading middle grade books. Why I am reading this kind of genre? Am I crazy? Am I not in the mood to read deeper books? My answer was NO. Simply because, reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory doesn’t give not only light read but it gives lessons that sometimes adult like us seems to forget.

It was really fascinating and somehow hilarious that this kind of children books were the one gave me realizations that I admittedly forget of how important great values are. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl was not just a light, sometimes funny read but it has a secret message that was waiting for us to reveal.

And after reading this, middle grade books are in my list of my favorites.

I LOVE LOVED this book! My 8 yr old just finished it and I wanted to chat with him about it so I decided to read it too and I cannot believe I've never read it... It's sweet and funny with a few morals and empathy thrown in there in just 162 pages.

Charlie Bucket was a half starved boy living in a family of 7 and one measly income when suddenly he finds the most sought after famous Golden Ticket. He then goes with Grandpa Joe to the chocolate factory where his luck is about to change and gets to meet the funniest, greediest of characters.

(The kids and parents in the book still, sadly, frustratingly, exist.. Meet them everyday.. Discipline your horrible, nasty kids PPL!!) I think this is the moral...?

اطفال تستبعدهم رغباتهم و غرائزهم؛
يجدون انفسهم امام انهار من الحلوي تنساب امام اعينهم
فماذا سيحدث؟

تشارلي باكيت طفل فقير من عائلة مترابطة؛ يمضي اوقاته في أحلامه  اللانهائية بالشكولاته الني يعشقها و لا يملك ثمنها
و فجأة تنتعش احلامه عند اعلان ويلي وانكا عن مسابقة لقضاء يوم في مصنعه للشيكولاته و بمعجزة يحصل تشارلي علي تذكرة

و يذهب مع فتاة مدللة و طفل نهم سمين؛ و اخر مدمن على التلفاز و الالعاب و في مصنع العجائب نتعرف علي شخصيات الأطفال المتباينة
و ايضا علي ويلي وانكا ضاحب المظهر الغريب و الأفكار الاكثر غرابة
تجعله يُخضع الأطفال لاختبارات نفسية ليصل للاقلهم انقيادا وراء اهواءه و رغباته الطفولية او الإنسانية؛
فهل سيضع نهاية لزجة لكل طفل لزج؟

معظم اعمال الاطفال تميل للتبسط و المباشرة و التسطيح؛ و لكن ليس مع فانتازيا رواالد دال الذي رحل عام ١٩٩٠ و  يمنحنا دوما نظرة مذهلة و احيانا مخيفة عن الجانب المظلم للطفولة

n  Pre-read review:n
I recently took on a book challenge to re-read a book I loved as a child. Right away, this book came to mind as my first choice. Now, as I read it again, I'm curious to see if I'll love it as much as I did back then or if my feelings will change. Either way, this book means a lot to me because it was a big part of my childhood.

I have my lovely sister to thank for that. Every day after coming home from university, she would read this book to me because my English wasn't very good back then. Her patience and the memories we shared made this book special. As I re-read it now, I remember both the story and the love my sister showed me by reading it to me.

“Of course they're real people. They're Oompa-Loompas...Imported direct from Loompaland...And oh what a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world - hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles. A whangdoodle would eat ten Oompa-Loompas for breakfast and come galloping back for a second helping.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

So much magic and beauty in this little book.


“Of course they're real people. They're Oompa-Loompas...Imported direct from Loompaland...And oh what a terrible country it is! Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world - hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles. A whangdoodle would eat ten Oompa-Loompas for breakfast and come galloping back for a second helping.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

So much magic and beauty in this little book.

OK, I won't do a review. (Because I'm tired and just did several reviews) .

What I will say is that it's among the few books that stand eternal in winsomely wrapping themselves around me. 

I mean, even in today's times, there are so many references. The Golden Tickets. The Oompa Loompas. I  along with millions adored it as a child.

I suspect, in the ever-flowing world of books, that this is that rare one, that one would be hard pressed to find many who dislike it.

Short people, tall people, men, women, children, adults , I mean everyone will always remember it, right?

اطفال تستبعدهم رغباتهم و غرائزهم؛
يجدون انفسهم امام انهار من الحلوي تنساب امام اع��نهم
فماذا سيحدث؟

تشارلي باكيت طفل فقير من عائلة مترابطة؛ يمضي اوقاته في أحلامه  اللانهائية بالشكولاته الني يعشقها و لا يملك ثمنها
و فجأة تنتعش احلامه عند اعلان ويلي وانكا عن مسابقة لقضاء يوم في مصنعه للشيكولاته و بمعجزة يحصل تشارلي علي تذكرة

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و يذهب مع فتاة مدللة و طفل نهم سمين؛ و اخر مدمن على التلفاز و الالعاب و في مصنع العجائب نتعرف علي شخصيات الأطفال المتباينة
و ايضا علي ويلي وانكا ضاحب المظهر الغريب و الأفكار الاكثر غرابة
تجعله يُخضع الأطفال لاختبارات نفسية ليصل للاقلهم انقيادا وراء اهواءه و رغباته الطفولية او الإنسانية؛
فهل سيضع نهاية لزجة لكل طفل لزج؟

معظم اعمال الاطفال تميل للتبسط و المباشرة و التسطيح؛ و لكن ليس مع فانتازيا رواالد دال الذي رحل عام ١٩٩٠ و  يمنحنا دوما نظرة مذهلة و احيانا مخيفة عن الجانب المظلم للطفولة