about the book
The time has come.
The famous chocolate factory of Willy Wonka is opening to the public!
However, it will not open to just anyone. You have to have one of the coveted Golden Tickets! And there are five lucky children who have won!
There is Augustus Gloop, the fatty. There is Veruca Salt, the spoiled brat of a girl. There is gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde, who hasn’t got any brains. There is Mike Teavee, a boy happiest when vegging out with the TV.
And then there is Our Hero—Charlie Bucket! Honest, kind Charlie, who took with him his dear old Grandpa Joe to visit the fabled factory.
All of the Golden Ticket-holders are in for the adventure of their lives!
about the author
Roald Dahl was born in Liandatt, Wales, to Norwegian parents. His sister and father died when he was three, and his stepmother raised six children on her own. Roald said that she was a rock who was always there for him.
Everyone in the family liked to tell stories, and Roald kept a secret journal tied to the top of a tree where he recorded many of their tales.
School was very hard for Roald. At 18, he started his many adventures by going on an expedition to Newfoundland, followed by a job in Africa. When the war started, he was too tall to fly (6’6”), but they made him a pilot anyway. He wrote about his many adventures, including crashing and being captured. When he was transferred to Washington DC, famous author C.S. Forrester wanted to hear about his war experiences. Roald wrote them down and, after reading the account, Forrester declared Roald was a writer.
Roald’s new career started with novels for adults. Fifteen years later, when his own kids begged for stories, he started writing for children. He lived in Buckinghamshire, England, and wrote in a little hut at the bottom of the garden. He died in 1990 at the age of 74.
Source:
Author website
Also by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake:
Matilda. Viking Penguin. 1988.
The Witches. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. 1983.
George’s Marvelous Medicine. Alfred A. Knopf. 1981.
The Twits. Alfred A. Knopf. 1980.
Danny, the Champion of the World. Random House. 1975.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Alfred A. Knopf. 1972.
Fantastic Mr. Fox. Alfred A. Knopf. 1970.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Alfred A. Knopf. 1964.
James and the Giant Peach. Alfred A. Knopf. 1961.
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