Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Resources

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory For Further Reference

Bouchard, Lois Kalb. "A New Look at Old Favorites: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." In The Black American in Books For Children, edited by Donnarae MacCann and Gloria Woodard.

Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1972.

Bouchard explains why she feels the first version of the book is racist.

Cameron, Eleanor. "McLuhan, Youth and Literature." Horn Book 48 (October 1972): 433-440. This article contains Cameron's first attack on the book.

——. "A Question of Taste." Children's Literature in Education (Summer 1976): 59-63. Cameron argues that the book is tasteless.

Campbell, Alasdair. "Children's Writers: Roald Dahl." The School Librarian (June 1981): 108-114. Campbell defends the book and calls it a modern fairy tale.

Dahl, Roald."Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Reply." Horn Book 49 (February 1973): 77-78. Dahl's response to Cameron's attack.

Merrick, Anne. "The Nightwatchmen and Charlie and...
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