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Jess, my 7 year old little girl, gives it 5 stars. Comments while reading: “How come someone is called ‘Gloop’? And ‘Salt’? Isn’t that the thing that we use for cooking?” “What is ‘spoiled’? Oh, okay, I’m NOT spoiled.” “Huh, Grandpa Joe is 96 years old?! How come that he’s even older than my grandpa?” “H Leggi tutto

Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies. Everyone knows this story. Little Charlie Bucket lives with his parents and both sets of grandparents. They all depend on his father for money and he just lost his

Genius tale with memorable characters and delicious fantasy Lately, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been the subject of many headlines because it is frequently on the banned books list. So what gives? Willy Wonka announces a contest for five lucky children to visit his candy factory. These five ch Leggi tutto

My 2020 adventure revisiting some of my classic favorites from childhood with my kids continues! I just finished reading them Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and they loved it! I continue to feel great warmth and joy with the fact that they ask about reading time with as much enthusiasm as when th Leggi tutto

Somewhere in the cold climate of the northern United States, lived a poor little boy....constant hunger dominates his existence , freezing winds in the winter, flakes of snow falling down on his parent's shamble of a structure, the home they live in, on the outskirts of a large city, with his hard-

This is one of my most memorable books. I didn't read, it was read to me by my fifth grade teacher a wonderful woman who introduced me to the magnificent world of books. Everyday after lunch we would come into class put our heads down on the desk and she'd read to us. It was my favorite part of the

I was planning on writing an extremely argumentative review explaining how sadistically vile Willie Wonka is, and how his god-like complex ruined the lives of four flawed children. But that seems insensitive at the moment. Instead I shall simply say that Gene Wilder dominated his performance as Will Leggi tutto