{"id":3959,"date":"2020-12-16T22:06:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2020-12-16T22:11:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:11:30","slug":"charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3959","title":{"rendered":"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thought I would share a lovely memory that was triggered by my Grandpa Joe<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>question in the quiz. My first ever class I taught was what we now call Year 4 and my first class book was Charlie<\/em><\/span><\/strong> and of course at that time hardly anyone really knew the book or had seen the Gene Wilder<\/strong> <\/em>film. It was a bit like the old fashioned Saturday Movies with the end of each chapter being a cliff edge. The children loved it and I remember them \u00a0absolutely living through Charlie’s despair and then ecstasy over the Golden Tickets<\/strong><\/span>. It gave many of the children that wonderful gift the love of reading. The class book was always important to me and was always a special part of the school day. It was great to see children anticipating where a story was going and occasionally bemused by the twists and turns. The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler<\/strong> <\/span>was one story that memorably had children completely fooled at the end! many years I later had to give the author Gene Kemp<\/strong> <\/span>a lift to the station and told her about it and she was genuinely touched.<\/p>\n

Had some good news about my story Pig the Legend<\/strong> <\/span>today so hopefully I will have some news about publication in the New Year.<\/p>\n

Disappointed with the football tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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