A 2004 study found that it was a common read-aloud book for fourth-graders in schools in San Diego County, California. [34] A 2012 survey by the University of Worcester determined that it was one of the most common books that UK adults had read as children, after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and The Wind in the Willows. [35] Le Guin, Ursula K. (April 1973). "Letters to the Editor (on McLuhan, Youth, and Literature: Part I)". The Horn Book Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. a b Cumming, Ed; Buchanan, Abigail; Holl-Allen, Genevieve; Smith, Benedict (24 February 2023). "The Writing of Roald Dahl". The Telegraph . Retrieved 20 March 2023. Exclusive: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Penguinblog.co.uk. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Symon, Evan V. (14 January 2013). "10 Deleted Chapters that Transformed Famous Books". listverse.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015 . Retrieved 1 September 2014.

On 1 April 2006, the British theme park Alton Towers opened a family attraction themed around the story. The ride featured a boat section, where guests travel around the chocolate factory in bright pink boats on a chocolate river. In the final stage of the ride, guests enter one of two glass elevators, where they join Willy Wonka as they travel around the factory, eventually shooting up and out through the glass roof. [57] Running for nine years, the ride was closed for good at the end of the 2015 season. Christensen, Lauren (11 September 2014). "How the Lost Chapter of Charlie and the Chocolate Factor Was Discovered". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016 . Retrieved 12 August 2016.Previous Winners of the BILBY Awards: 1990–96" (PDF). Queensland: The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2015 . Retrieved 4 November 2015. Lee, Benjamin (24 May 2021). "Timothée Chalamet to play Willy Wonka in origins movie". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 May 2021. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. West End Winners". theatrebookings.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015 . Retrieved 2 July 2015.

Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Johnny Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory represents the first time since The Nightmare Before Christmas that Elfman contributed to the film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom, where Burton avoided using digital effects as much as possible. Roald Dahl voted best author in primary teachers survey". BBC. 30 March 2012 . Retrieved 16 July 2015. In this survey of primary school teachers Dahl also placed five books in the top ten: Charlie, The Twits, Danny the Champion of the World, The BFG, and George's Marvellous Medicine On 27 November 2018, Netflix was revealed to be developing an "animated series event" based on Roald Dahl's books, which will include a television series based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the novel's sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. [61] [62] On 5 March 2020, it was reported that Taika Waititi will write, direct, and executive-produce both the series and a spin-off animated series focused on the Oompa Loompas. [63] a b c d "The Vanilla Fudge Room". Roald Dahl Archive. 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016 . Retrieved 12 August 2016.In a 2006 list for the Royal Society of Literature, author J. K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter books) named Charlie and the Chocolate Factory among her top ten books that every child should read. [31] A fan of the book since childhood, film director Tim Burton wrote: "I responded to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because it respected the fact that children can be adults." [32] [33] The Oompa-Loompa bowed and smiled, showing beautiful white teeth. His skin was rosy-white, his hair was golden brown, and the top of his head came just above the height of Mr Wonka's knee. He wore the usual deerskin slung over his shoulder. a b Talbot, Margaret (29 August 2014). "Cultural Comment: Meant For Kids". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014 . Retrieved 3 September 2014. Yeah, it's watching the Teletubbies and The Wiggles. I just have a much cheerier outlook. I'm a happy person!

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OCLC 9318922 (hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., original, first US edition, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman) Dahl originally planned for a child called Marvin Prune to be included. He submitted the excised chapter regarding Prune to The Horn Book Review in the early 1970s. [29] Rather than publish the chapter, Horn Book responded with a critical essay by novelist Eleanor Cameron, who called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory “one of the most tasteless books ever written for children”. [30] Reception Costumes of Willy Wonka (from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and the Mad Hatter (from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) in London. A 2015 UK poll ranked them the top two children's books. [7] This version of Roald Dahl's story fits in neatly with the other films you've made with Johnny Depp but they tend to exist in quite extreme situations don't they? In July 2017, an animated film Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was released in which the titular cat and mouse were put into the story of the 1971 film.