Charlie & Lola star in this brilliant picture book from Children's Laureate Lauren Child to introduce the non-scary nature of counting & sums to very young children Perfectly funny & perfectly formed this sees top negotiator Lola take on numbers in everyday life & bend them to her endearing & unique will An original Charlie & Lola picture book from the bestselling multi award-winning author & artist Lauren Child One Thing is an immediate & enduring classic to delight fans new & old the world over' It's numeracy at its most joyful & positive & a brilliant way to get young minds excited about maths' Teach Early Years I have this little sister Lola She is small & very funny Sometimes for a treat Mum says We are going to the shops & you may choose one thing One thing to share? says Lola I say One thing for you & one thing for me which means two actual things ...

A extremely & very good snowy story all about Charlie & Lola! Lola can't wait for it to snow ' Snow is my favourite & my best' she says It snows all through the night & in the morning everything is extremely completely white! Charlie & Lola play in the snowy park with their friends
- they make snow angels go sledging & Lola even makes a snow dog
- just like Sizzles! But by the very next day all the snow has completely disappeared Lola wishes it would snow every daybut Charlie compares snow to birthdays
- they wouldn't be special if they happened every day He takes Lola on an imaginary adventure to see penguins & polar bears living in their snowy homes & soon Lola realizes that it would be absolutely too cold to swim or wear her stripy party dress if it snowed all the time Another winning story that perfectly captures a child's anticipation of the first snow of winter


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play All 19 episodes from the second series of the children&s animated show focusing on the relationship between brother & sister Charlie & Lola The programmes follow the young siblings through their everyday ups & downs & highlight young people&s uniquely uncluttered way of viewing the world Episodes comprise & Welcome to Lolaland& &I Wish I Could Draw Exactly More Like You& &I Am Collecting a Collection& & Never Ever Step On the Cracks& &I Will Not Ever Never Forget You Nibbles& & My Best Bestest Friend& & What If I Got Lost in the Middle of Nowhere?& &I Just Love My Red Shiny Shoes& & Look After Your Planet& & Will You Please Stop Messing About?& & This Is Actually My Party& & Lucky Lucky Me& & How Many More Minutes Until Christmas?& & Charlie Is Broken& &I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs& &I Spy With My Little Eyes& &I Am Really& &I Really Wonder What Plant I&m Growing& & &I Am Extremely Magic& ...

It's Charlie's birthday & he has invited all his friends & Lola to an especially scary hairy monster party
- but Lola has other
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A mini hardback edition of this really very good book about Charlie & Lola in LONDON! Charlie has this little sister Lola Today they are visiting London on a school trip Lola says " London is extremely huge & very BUSYI can&t wait!" Join Charlie & Lola as they take in all of London&s most famous & best sights There&s plenty to see so tick off all the places they visit on your own extremely good London map at the back of the book! Based on Lauren Child&s award-winning books Charlie & Lola is a top-rated BBC children&s television show & international hit It is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions one of the UK&s most successful independent television producers Lauren is also the creator of Clarice Bean & co-creator of the widely acclaimed The Princess & the Pea ...

Phizzwhizzing new cover look & branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero The other children in this book are nasty little beasts called Augustus Gloop
- a great big greedy nincompoop; Veruca Salt
- a spoiled brat; violet Beauregarde
- a repulsive little gum-chewer; Mike Teavee
- a boy who only watches television Clutching their Golden Tickets they arrive at Wonka's chocolate factory But what mysterious secrets will they discover? Our tour is about to begin Please don't wander off Mr Wonka wouldn't like to lose any of you at this stage of the proceedings ' The ultimate children's story ever'
- David Walliams Now you can listen to CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY & other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! & HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits





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Roald Dahl's Charlie & the Chocolate Factory in glorious full colour Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero The other children in this book are nasty little beasts called Augustus Gloop
- a great big greedy nincompoop; Veruca Salt
- a spoiled brat; violet Beauregarde
- a repulsive little gum-chewer; Mike Teavee
- a boy who only watches television Clutching their Golden Tickets they arrive at Wonka's chocolate factory But what mysterious secrets will they discover? Our tour is about to begin Please don't wander off Mr Wonka wouldn't like to lose any of you at this stage of the proceedings Listen to CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY & other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! inspired by the revolting Twits




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Roald Dahl's much-loved story Charlie & the Chocolate Factory about how Charlie Bucket wins a ticket to visit Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory is turned into a play for children to act With tips about scenery props & lighting the play is easy to stage & there are lots of parts for everyone Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers died in 1990 but his books continue to be bestsellers Richard George was an elementary school teacher in New York when he wrote this stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's bestselling story
- & Roald Dahl himself recommended that it should be published
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie & the Chocolate Factory about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) & Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka&s extraordinary factory Most nights in the Bucket home dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) & father (Noah Taylor) & both pairs of grandparents Theirs is a tiny tumbledown drafty old house but it is filled with love Every night the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory & he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside For nearly fifteen years no one has seen a single worker going in or coming out of the factory or caught a glimpse of Willy Wonka himself yet mysteriously great quantities of chocolate are still being made & shipped to shops all over the world One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement He will open his famous factory & reveal "all of its secrets & magic" to five lucky children who find golden tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars Nothing would make Charlie&s family happier than to see him win but the odds are very much against him as they can only afford to buy one chocolate bar a year for his birthday Indeed one by one news breaks around the world about the children finding golden tickets & Charlie&s hope grows dimmer First there is gluttonous Augustus Gloop who thinks of nothing but stuffing sweets into his mouth all day followed by spoiled Veruca Salt who throws fits if her father doesn&t buy her everything she wants Next comes violet Beauregarde a champion gum chewer who cares only for the trophies in her display case & finally surly Mike Teavee who&s always showing off how much smarter he is than everyone else But then something wonderful happens Charlie finds some money on the snowy street & takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight thinking only of how hungry he is & how good it will taste There under the wrapper is a flash of gold It&s the last ticket Charlie is going to the factory! His Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) is so excited by the news that he springs out of bed as if suddenly years younger remembering a happier time when he used to work in the factory before Willy Wonka closed its gates to the town forever The family decides that Grandpa Joe should be the one to accompany Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure Actors Johnny Depp Freddie Highmore David Kelly Helena Bonham Carter Noah Taylor Missi Pyle James Fox Deep Roy Christopher Lee Adam Godley Franziska Troegner Annasophia Robb Julia Winter Jordon Fry & Philip Wiegratz Director Tim Burton Certificate PGYear 2005 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 55 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie & the Chocolate Factory about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) & Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka&s extraordinary factory Most nights in the Bucket home dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother (Helena Bonham Carter) & father (Noah Taylor) & both pairs of grandparents Theirs is a tiny tumbledown drafty old house but it is filled with love Every night the last thing Charlie sees from his window is the great factory & he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside For nearly fifteen years no one has seen a single worker going in or coming out of the factory or caught a glimpse of Willy Wonka himself yet mysteriously great quantities of chocolate are still being made & shipped to shops all over the world One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement He will open his famous factory & reveal "all of its secrets & magic" to five lucky children who find golden tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars Nothing would make Charlie&s family happier than to see him win but the odds are very much against him as they can only afford to buy one chocolate bar a year for his birthday Indeed one by one news breaks around the world about the children finding golden tickets & Charlie&s hope grows dimmer First there is gluttonous Augustus Gloop who thinks of nothing but stuffing sweets into his mouth all day followed by spoiled Veruca Salt who throws fits if her father doesn&t buy her everything she wants Next comes violet Beauregarde a champion gum chewer who cares only for the trophies in her display case & finally surly Mike Teavee who&s always showing off how much smarter he is than everyone else But then something wonderful happens Charlie finds some money on the snowy street & takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight thinking only of how hungry he is & how good it will taste There under the wrapper is a flash of gold It&s the last ticket Charlie is going to the factory! His Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) is so excited by the news that he springs out of bed as if suddenly years younger remembering a happier time when he used to work in the factory before Willy Wonka closed its gates to the town forever The family decides that Grandpa Joe should be the one to accompany Charlie on this once-in-a-lifetime adventure Special Features Chocolate Dreams learn about Tim Burton&s vision for the film & how he adapted the story Different Faces Different Flavours meet the actors & learn about the characters they play Designer Chocolate learn about the film&s production design Under the Wrapper go behind-the-scenes to see how the film&s special effects were created Sweet Sounds watch the creation of the 4 Oompa-Loompa songs by composer Danny Elfman Attack of the Squirrels see how real squirrels were trained to perform in the film Fantastic Mr Dahl learn about author Roald Dahl&s life story & extraordinary body of work Becoming an Oompa-Loompa see how one actor Deep Roy was turned into a multi talented army of Oompas DVD-Rom features PC game demo web links Actors Johnny Depp Freddie Highmore David Kelly Helena Bonham Carter Noah Taylor Missi Pyle James Fox Deep Roy Christopher Lee Adam Godley Franziska Troegner Annasophia Robb Julia Winter Jordon Fry & Philip Wiegratz Director Tim Burton Certificate PGYear 2005 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the HOHDuration 1 hour & 55 minutes (approx)
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