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Author: Roald Dahl

Publisher: Puffin (2007)

Binding: Paperback, 176 pages

In this Roald Dahl classic, poor Charlie Bucket lucks into a golden ticket and tours Willy Wonka’s amazing chocolate factory. The book is a good lesson in cause and effect. Aside from the Charlie, the other children in this book are portrayed in an unflattering way, with problems ranging from overindulgence to rudeness. Each of these children falls victim to the thing that makes him or her unpleasant (for instance, greedy Augustus Gloop falls into the chocolate river he is illicitly slurping). Goodness is rewarded, which makes it easy for us to talk about cause and effect.

These children, their parents, and their fates are over the top, but as such they provide an easy lesson for children to learn about the consequences of our actions. The book provides an entertaining platform for discussing how others see our behavior and why parents do not give children everything they ask for.