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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780141349060

  • Length: 197  Minutes

  • RRP: £9.00

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, read by Douglas Hodge.

Charlie Bucket desperately wants to eat more than cabbage soup every day. But even more than that, he longs to see Wonka's enormous chocolate factory!

Now Mr Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, has hidden golden tickets inside his delicious creamy chocolate bars. Only five winners can go through those great iron gates; will one of them be Charlie?

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780141349060

  • Length: 197  Minutes

  • RRP: £9.00

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  • The best books grow old gracefully. They retain their importance and affect each new generation as powerfully as the one before.

    Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4Kids

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About the Author

Roald Dahl

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.

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Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake (Author, Illustrator) Quentin Blake has been drawing ever since he can remember. He taught illustration for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, of which he is an honorary professor. He has won many prizes, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal, and in 1999 he was appointed the first Children’s Laureate. In the 2013 New Year’s Honours List he was knighted for services to illustration. 

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Extracts

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl's famous story of Charlie Bucket, Willy Wonka and his amazing chocolate factory. Gobstoppers, wriggle sweets and a river of melted chocolate delight await – Charlie needs just one Golden Ticket and these delicious treats could all be his!
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Yesterday was Beautiful by Roald Dahl

Think you know Roald Dahl? Read on for a chilling short story from his writing for adults that might just make you think again...
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Paint your own Willy Wonka Easter egg

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