Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colour Edition)
By (Author) Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
28th November 2016
6th October 2016
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
823.914
Paperback
160
Width 197mm, Height 264mm, Spine 11mm
571g
Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. And do you know who Charlie is Charlie Bucket is the hero. The other children in this book are nasty little beasts, called- Augustus Gloop - a great big greedy nincompoop; Veruca Salt - a spoiled brat; Violet Beauregarde - a repulsive little gum-chewer; Mike Teavee - a boy who only watches television. Clutching their Golden Tickets, they arrive at Wonka's chocolate factory. But what mysterious secrets will they discover Our tour is about to begin. Please don't wander off. Mr Wonka wouldn't like to lose any of you at this stage of the proceedings . . .
He was our modern Pied Piper * The Times *
Blake is beyond brilliant . . . his partnership with Roald Dahl was made in heaven * Daily Telegraph *
The ultimate children's story, ever -- David Walliams
Roald Dahl (Author) Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories. He remains THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER. Quentin Blake (Illustrator) Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. In 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustration.