Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Pop-Up Book
by
Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
This very special edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a treat for Roald Dahl fans both old and new. Readers will be transported to Willy Wonka’s factory with its chocolate waterfall, Oompa-Loompas and soaring glass elevator, in these cleverly crafted pop-up pages that bring Quentin Blake’s much-loved illustrations to life like never before.
Join Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe as they are guided through the many wonders of the world’s most incredible factory by Willy Wonka, the eccentric owner and inventor, who has reasons of his own to open the doors to a select group of chocolate-loving children.
Publisher: Puffin
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Quentin Blake
Children's Laureate 1999-2001
Quentin Blake was born in 1932 and read English at Cambridge, before attending Chelsea Art College. He has won many major prizes for illustration, including the Kate Greenaway Medal (1980) and the Red House Children's Book Award (1981) for Mister Magnolia. He is also the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration and in 1990 was voted 'The Illustrator's Illustrator' by Observer Magazine. A tireless promoter of children's literature – and a long-time collaborator with roald Dahl – Quentin Blake was awarded the OBE in 1988 and in 2005 he was awarded a CBE for services to Children's Literature. In the most recent New Year’s Honours list he has been knighted.Quentin was the inaugural Children's Laureate (1999-2001), an experience he recorded in his book Laureate's Progress. During his time in the role, he celebrated children's books and children's book illustration with a range of projects and exhibitions, and conceived the idea for the House of Illustration, the world's first centre dedicated to the art of illustration in all its forms.
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Reading Age: 7+
Interest level: 5+
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