Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
(Roald Dahl)
The classic chocoholic's book for children, written long before it became fashionable. This is a modern fairy tale, a real rags to riches but based round a small boy and every child's dream, a sweet factory.
The hero is Charlie Bucket, an only child who lives with his parents and grandparents in a tiny wooden house on the outskirts of an American city. They scrape a living, as Mr Bucket works as a road sweeper, but real difficulty strikes when Mr Bucket loses his job.
Meanwhile, Charlie hears amazing stories about the enormous chocolate factory down the road and its eccentric owner, Mr Willy Wonka. These arouse his fascination, not just with the factory, but with the owner, the sweets and how the factory works.
The build up of the Golden Tickets is tremendous. Mr Wonka hides five under the wrappers of chocolate bars to allow entry into the factory of five children and their parents. As no one has been seen entering or leaving the factory for years, the potential for a mystery to be solved - who works there - arises.
Roald Dahl describes Charlie's finding of a ticket in excruciating detail, keeping the reader on edge for chapters together. The other ticket holders each have their own, beautifully crafted, characteristics, amusing to children and instantly recognisable to adults.
The factory itself is a magical place, full of sweets and inventions that immediately appeal. The visitors make their way through a huge variety of Rooms, until the end of the tour and the real reason behind the tickets are explained.
This is an incredible book that holds its reader in thrall right from the start. The characters are very human and easy to identify with. It is full of wizardry and ideas that start the reader's own imagination. A childhood without Charlie Bucket is not complete.
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