Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Which treat from Willie Wonka's factory would you most like to taste? Why?

Julia (8): "I would like to taste an ever-lasting gobstopper. And a buttercup. I think it would taste so sweet and sugary."

Gabe (6): "I want to taste the chocolate river because I bet is tastes so melty-chocolatey."

Mom's Notes: The kids have seen the 1970s movie, so it was fun for them to look for similarities and differences between it and the book. Jonny, who knows the movie practically by heart, loved reading familiar lines from the script that had been taken straight from the pages.

George's Marvelous Medicine

If you were making a marvelous medicine, what would you put in it?

Gabe (6): "I would put in everything I could find, even the oil from the candle. I would blow it out and pour that in."

Julia (8): "I would put in crushed up crayons, feathers from my pillow, and everything else I could find."


Mom's notes: I vaguely remember hearing this read aloud by a teacher, so I chose it for our next book. Dahl's humor can be a little dark at times, but it's so obscure and ridiculous that it really can't do any harm!