Descripción
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!
But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life! "Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland." --The New York Times
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/12/2004
Pages: 155
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.06h x 5.10w x 0.49d
ISBN13: 9780142401088
ISBN10: 0142401080
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | General
But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life! "Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland." --The New York Times
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/12/2004
Pages: 155
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.06h x 5.10w x 0.49d
ISBN13: 9780142401088
ISBN10: 0142401080
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | General
About the Author
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. He spent his childhood in England and, at age eighteen, went to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. When World War II broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the age of twenty-six he moved to Washington, D.C., and it was there he began to write. His first short story, which recounted his adventures in the war, was bought by The Saturday Evening Post, and so began a long and illustrious career.