By Various authors including Hannah Gold, Adam Kay and Sibéal Pounder (author) , Rikin Parekh (illustrator)
"This fab festive anthology sees classic Dahl characters given a sparkling seasonal makeover through 12 brand-new stories by notable children’s writers."
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As gratifying as gobbling down a whole globe of Terry’s Chocolate Orange in one go (and every bit as chunky!), Charlie and the Christmas Factory presents a bedazzlement of Dahl-inspired tales for the festive season, all tied together perfectly by Rikin Parekh’s lively illustrations.
The concept is top-notch — twelve writers creating a brand-new story based on their favourite Dahl character. So here we have, for example, Sibéal Pounder , author of the Witch Wars Adventure series, imagining how Charlie might celebrate Christmas in the Chocolate Factory, while TV star Adam Hills , now also a writer for children, explores what the Gigantic Australian Crocodile wants for Christmas in a madcap adventure that also involves Old Grandma Possum, Wimble the Wombat and Cackledackle the Kookaburra.
Meanwhile, Elle McNicoll ’s heart-warming contribution sees Matilda move from hoping she’s not on Santa’s naughty list to enjoying a rather magical Christmas miracle.
With twelve stories, Charlie and the Christmas Factory is a great book to gift as part of a pre-Christmas countdown — why wait until the big day to unleash the magic of Christmas, and the magic of Roald Dahl, for that matter?
Why is Matilda worried about being on the naughty list?
What happens when years after the creation of his original marvellous medicine George's granddaughter Gigi decides to make her own potion?
And how does Charlie plan to celebrate Christmas at the chocolate factory?
A magical and hilarious short-story collection illustrated throughout by Klauss Flugge Prize-longlisted artist Rikin Parekh, from 13 bestselling, much-loved storytellers. This is the perfect seasonal read featuring 12 brand-new short stories based on their author's favourite Roald Dahl characters.
Adam Hills ( The Enormous Crocodile ), Adam Kay ( George's Marvellous Medicine ), Ben Bailey Smith ( James and The Giant Peach ), Elle McNicoll ( Matilda ), Greg James and Chris Smith ( The Twits ), Hannah Gold ( Fantastic Mr Fox ), Konnie Huq ( Danny the Champion of the World ), Nadia Shireen ( The BFG ), Nathan Bryon ( The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me ), Pamela Butchart ( The Witches ), Sally Rippin ( The Magic Finger ), Sibéal Pounder ( Charlie and the Chocolate Factory )
Adam Hills is an internationally recognized comedian and host of award-winning Channel 4 show The Last Leg . His collection of stories from a life in comedy, Best Foot Forward , was a The Times bestseller. He is also the author of the hilarious children’s book series Rockstar Detectives .
Adam Kay is an award-winning writer and non-award- winning doctor. He has sold over five million books in 37 languages, including one million children’s books, making him one of the UK’s bestselling children’s authors. He lives in Oxfordshire with his dog, husband, two children and beloved BAFTA. Ben Bailey Smith is a British actor, rapper, comedian and screenwriter, and creator of the BAFTA-winning CBBC comedy 4 O’Clock Club. His first children’s picture book, I Am Bear , was an instant hit with critics and readers alike, and he has since written two early-reader favourites for Bloomsbury, Get A Move On! and Crumbs! His middle- grade debut, Something I Said , published in 2021.
Elle McNicoll is a bestselling and award-winning novelist and screenwriter. Her debut, A Kind of Spark , won the Blue Peter Book Award and the Overall Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and she has been nominated four times for the Carnegie Medal for Writing. She is an advocate for better representation of neurodiversity in publishing, and currently lives in North London.
Greg James and Chris Smith are the multi-award- winning and bestselling authors of The Great Dream Robbery, Super Ghost, The Twits Next Door and the Kid Normal series. Outside of their writing partnership, Greg James is a radio and television broadcaster, and Chris Smith a solo author of acclaimed children’s books Frankie Best Hates Quests and Clarity Jones and the Magical Detective Agency .
Hannah Gold is the multi-award-winning author of the internationally bestselling The Last Bear , The Lost Whale, Finding Bear and Turtle Moon. She grew up in a family where books, animals and the beauty of the outside world were ever present, and is passionate about writing stories that share her love of the planet. She lives in the UK and is an ambassador for Whale and Dolphin Conservation.
Konnie Huq is a well-loved broadcaster, writer and speaker, who was a familiar face for over a decade as the longest-serving female presenter on legendary children’s TV programme Blue Peter. She is also a King’s Trust and British Asian Trust ambassador. Konnie became a bestselling children’s author after releasing Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World .
Nadia Shireen is a bestselling children’s author and illustrator. As well as the hugely successfulGrimwood series, she has also created several picture books, including Barbara Throws a Wobbler, The Bumblebear and Billy and the Beast . She co-hosts children’s book podcast The Island of Brilliant alongside Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell- Boyce. Nadia has been shortlisted for several awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Brandford Boase Award, The Lollies and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. She lives in Brighton.
Nathan Bryon is an actor, a BAFTA nominated screenwriter and a Sunday Times bestselling author, who grew up eating as much Uxbridge Road Caribbean food as his bank balance would allow. His first picture book, Look Up! , was the number one picture book from a debut author and illustrator in 2019, and won the Overall Waterstones Children’s book prize in 2020.
Pamela Butchart is a teacher and the writer of many award-winning books, including The Spy Who Loved School Dinners and My Head Teacher is a Vampire Rat . She is also author of the bestselling picture books Never Tickle a Tiger; Yikes, Stinkysaurus! and the hugely successful Baby Aliens series.
Sally Rippin is the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2024–2025 and has written over a hundred books for children and young adults, many of them award-winning. Sally loves to write stories with heart and characters that resonate with children, parents and teachers alike.
Sibéal Pounder is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the much-loved children’s fiction series Witch Wars, the Bad Mermaids series, Neon’s Secret Universe, and the Christmas hit Tinsel . She has also written Beyond Platform 13 , the sequel to The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson, and the novelization of the film Wonka . Her World Book Day book, Bad Mermaids Meet the Witches , was a Sunday Times bestseller, and her debut, Witch Wars , was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award.
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This is a beautiful collection of sequels to Roald Dahl books for example The Enormous Crocodile, The BFG and Matilda. I give this book 10 out of 5!
This is a beautiful collection of sequels to Roald Dahl books for example The Enormous Crocodile , The BFG and Matilda .
Authors like Greg James and Chris Smith, who wrote the Kid Normal series (which is one of my favourite series) and many other famous children's fiction authors write all of the stories in this book. You get to enjoy lots of different styles of writing as every story has a different author. Each story has the same characters as the original Roald Dahl books, but a surprisingly different story line; all are set at Christmas.
One of my favourite stories in the book is 'George's Marvellous Christmas' because of its marvellous (!) ending!... Read Full Review
Fun Christmas-themed stories with some of my favourite characters!
This is a book of short, Christmas-themed tales, featuring some of Roald Dahl's most famous characters, including Charlie Bucket, Matilda and The Twits.
My favourite story was 'Matilda and the Naughty List', where Matilda writes a letter to Father Christmas trying to persuade him to put her on the 'Nice List' - it's more difficult than she expected! I thought the story was very funny, and I liked the way it lead on from the original Matilda story.
I also enjoyed, 'George's Marvellous Christmas'. George has grown up, and his granddaughter has come to stay with him for the Christmas holidays. She continues the family tradition of creating potions and hopes to follow in her grandad's footsteps.... Read Full Review
My younger siblings really enjoyed listening to these stories with the Christmas twists on familiar stories.
I thought this was a really good book. I loved how it put a Christmas twist on Ronald Dahl books. My favourite short story in this book was the Matilda chapter I found it really funny when Matilda got punished and she said “If you’re punishing me for punishing someone else is someone going to punish you for punishing me".... Read Full Review
Why is Matilda worried about being on the naughty list? What happens when years after the creation of his original marvellous medicine George's granddaughter Gigi decides to make her own potion?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Charlie and the Christmas Factory and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-12 years old
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Charlie and the Christmas Factory was written by Various authors including Hannah Gold, Adam Kay and Sibéal Pounder and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Charlie and the Christmas Factory has 532 pages
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