Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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This may be the perfect read-aloud chapter book.  It is terribly funny.  There are lots of pictures and they are great (nothing against Quentin Blake, but I suggest sticking with the original illustrator).  The characters are a hoot.  The candy creativity is off the charts.  The author is beautifully off his rocker.

But the best part of all is simply reading it aloud.  I had never realized how the language sings.

Author:  Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Joseph Schindelman

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