Play Book Tag discussion

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a classic children's book about five kids who win a chance to tour Willy Wonka's mysterious candy-making operation. It focuses on Charlie Bucket who loves Willie Wonka's chocolate. The Wonka factory had been closed for years when Mr. Wonka gives an opportunity to the five lucky children who find a shimmering Golden Ticket for free entrance to the factory.

Whoever wins gets a free supply of chocolate for the rest of their lives. Charlie finds a dollar, buys some chocolate bars in an ordinary store, and finds the last Golden Ticket. Inside the factory is where the real fun begins.

The lessons conveyed in this classic are simple but important. Behave with respect, dignity, and politeness and try not to be like Augustus, Veruca, Violet, or Mike.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has had a lot of attention over the years, and has at turns been called racist, patronising and disturbing. To most readers it's an amazing book that was written fifty years ago, which is still just as fantastic and delightful today as it was back in the sixties.