Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colour Edn)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Colour Edn)

by QuentinBlake (Illustrator), RoaldDahl (Author)

Synopsis

A lavish full-colour edition of this bestselling title with coloured backgrounds on every page, illustrated by Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Edition: Re-issue
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 03 Jun 2010

ISBN 10: 0141332123
ISBN 13: 9780141332123
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Author Bio
Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He was educated in England before going to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. With the outbreak of World War II, he became an RAF fighter pilot. He began writing for adults at the close of the war, with the encouragement of C. S. Forester. His first children's book, James and the Giant Peach, was published in 1961 and each of his subsequent books became bestsellers. He is still the best selling children's writer of all time. Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most successful illustrators. His first drawings were published in Punch when he was sixteen. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books and he was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. H has won many awards including the Whitbread Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal. He was awarded an OBE in 1988 and was the first ever Children's Laureate.