Gr 3-6-Who doesn’t know Dahl’s story of poverty-stricken little Charlie Bucket who finds one of Willie Wonka’s golden tickets and, along with four other children, gets a tour of his amazing chocolate factory. Each of the other children demonstrates a common childhood failing, to extreme-gluttony, greediness, excessive gum-chewing, and TV addiction. As, one by one, they fall prey to the factory’s enticements, soon only Charlie is left and he gets the ultimate prize. What’s not to love in a story that circles around niceness and chocolate. Listeners will find themselves once again rooting for Charlie as Douglas Hodge performs the book with vim, vigour, tonnes of expression, and the occasional sound effect. This is a joyous leap into a childhood classic that both children and adults will enjoy.-Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary, Federal Way, WAα Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. —This text refers to the Audio CD edition.