Reading is a very important part of British culture, and many people with books and newspapers can be seen reading on the subway, train, and bus. British reading habits can be said to be developed from an early age, school teachers encourage students to read, parents buy books for their children, read with children, children will subtly develop the habit of reading, so what do Children in the UK read? The first issue of the series recommends two famous books suitable for primary school students to read.
Charlie and the Chocolate Workshop
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Mr Willie Wonka is the quirky owner of the Wonka Chocolate Factory. Mr. Wonka is the world's most famous confectionery maker, with an eccentric and unpredictable personality. He was old but full of energy; he was short in stature, but he showed extraordinary charisma. His personality is both friendly and charming, but also cold and heartless. His decision to open the factory to the five lucky ones was actually a careful planning to find the best person to take over the factory. He wanted to find a submissive and well-behaved child to teach him all the secrets of the factory. Charlie is the ideal candidate.
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A thin, penetrating old man with a sly smile, whether he runs to the United States, England, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Australia or New Zealand, and of course now China, casually knocks on a room with a small child and says, "Ah, I am tired of walking, my car has run out of gasoline, can you invite me in for a cup of tea?" The children would immediately scream and cheer him in the door, because no child did not know the old man, he was the Roald Dahl who made the adults a little afraid and made the children crazy.
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Norwegian-born British writer of children's literature, playwright and short story writer, whose works were widely known among adults and children. His more famous works include James and the Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Giant with Good Eyes, The Witch, The Great Fox Daddy, Matilda, etc., whose magic transcends language and borders, while his own legendary experience is also endowed with magical powers like a character in a fairy tale, becoming "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". All the children who have read his books cannot help but be fascinated by the invigorating magic world he has created, and no one is spared.
It has been adapted into a classic film and television work, which has become an eternal classic and childhood memory in the minds of children.
Good night, Mr. Tom
In Britain in September 1939, the clouds of war hung over and many children were evacuated to the countryside. Mr. Tom, who lives alone in the cemetery of the small town church in Willwood, is sent to the house by a London boy named Willie.
Willie was so thin that he couldn't read or write for his ninth birthday, and he wet the bed at night, and his body was scarred. With the help of his neighbors, Tom found the right clothes for Willie, medicated him, and washed Willie's wet sheets every day. Willie slowly recovered, went to the village school, met his good friend Zach, learned to read and write, and participated in the drama performances of his classmates, and he stopped wetting the bed. At this time, Tom receives a letter from Willie's mother to pick him up and take him back to London.
After Willie leaves, there is no news, and Tom is relieved to come to London to rescue Willie, who is locked in a cupboard by his mother and injured. Tom ventures to bring the traumatized Willie back to town and continues to care for him. At this time, the bombing of London began, and Willie's good friend Zach insisted on returning to London to visit his injured father...
Michelle McGreen, born in Wales, England in 1947, spent two years in Singapore and Australia as a child before returning to the UK. From 1968 to 1969 he studied writing at Rosebrud College in Kent. Goodnight, Mr. Tom, her first novel, won many awards in 1981 and was successfully adapted into a film and musical. The book was a 1982 Carnegie Prize and was named one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by the BBC.