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    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    A Very Special Edition

    Author Roald Dahl
    Illustrated by Armando Veve
    Hardcover
    $50.00 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Grosset & Dunlap
    On sale Oct 06, 2026 | 224 Pages | 9798217246922
    Grade 2 & Up
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    Discover a blueprint of Wonka's factory, sheet music for an Oompa-Loompa's song, your very own golden ticket, and so much more inside the slipcase of this deluxe edition of the beloved classic!

    What you hold in your hands is no ordinary book. Yes, in this book is the extraordinary story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, along with all-new illustrations by Armando Veve that will entrance and delight. Yes, you will see what it’s like to enter the famous factory and marvel at its secrets and magic. But careful readers will discover more. Sprinkled in the margins are little tasty morsels, notes scrawled in a quick hand—left behind by none other than Willy Wonka himself! They offer glimpses into the way his marvelous mind works—his process, his ideas, his creations, his genius. Mr. Wonka has also tucked into the pages certain tidbits from his collection, which you can keep as souvenirs of your journey. For lifelong fans and new readers of all ages, this very special edition invites you to follow in Wonka’s footsteps and let your imagination run amok.

    Beautifully packaged by Melcher Media, the team behind Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down and Wicked: The Grimmerie, this book is a beautiful gift for Dahl fans.

    INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

    • A secret blueprint of Wonka’s factory

    • An Everlasting Gobstopper newspaper clipping

    • A square-candy-that-looks-round wrapper

    • The Oompa-Loompas’ to-do list

    • A Hair Toffee pull-tab card

    • A Nut Room door hanger

    • The deed to Wonka’s factory

    • Sheet music for Violet’s song

    • A Golden Ticket
    Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to "a wonderful faraway place." In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939, he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died, children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years. View titles by Roald Dahl
    Armando Veve is an award-winning illustrator whose drawings have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, National Geographic, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review, and Wired, among others. He studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and currently resides in Philadelphia. View titles by Armando Veve
    "Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland." —The New York Times

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    Discover a blueprint of Wonka's factory, sheet music for an Oompa-Loompa's song, your very own golden ticket, and so much more inside the slipcase of this deluxe edition of the beloved classic!

    What you hold in your hands is no ordinary book. Yes, in this book is the extraordinary story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, along with all-new illustrations by Armando Veve that will entrance and delight. Yes, you will see what it’s like to enter the famous factory and marvel at its secrets and magic. But careful readers will discover more. Sprinkled in the margins are little tasty morsels, notes scrawled in a quick hand—left behind by none other than Willy Wonka himself! They offer glimpses into the way his marvelous mind works—his process, his ideas, his creations, his genius. Mr. Wonka has also tucked into the pages certain tidbits from his collection, which you can keep as souvenirs of your journey. For lifelong fans and new readers of all ages, this very special edition invites you to follow in Wonka’s footsteps and let your imagination run amok.

    Beautifully packaged by Melcher Media, the team behind Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down and Wicked: The Grimmerie, this book is a beautiful gift for Dahl fans.

    INSIDE YOU’LL FIND:

    • A secret blueprint of Wonka’s factory

    • An Everlasting Gobstopper newspaper clipping

    • A square-candy-that-looks-round wrapper

    • The Oompa-Loompas’ to-do list

    • A Hair Toffee pull-tab card

    • A Nut Room door hanger

    • The deed to Wonka’s factory

    • Sheet music for Violet’s song

    • A Golden Ticket

    Author

    Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was born in Llandaff, South Wales, and went to Repton School in England. His parents were Norwegian, so holidays were spent in Norway. As he explains in Boy, he turned down the idea of university in favor of a job that would take him to "a wonderful faraway place." In 1933 he joined the Shell Company, which sent him to Mombasa in East Africa. When World War II began in 1939, he became a fighter pilot and in 1942 was made assistant air attaché in Washington, where he started to write short stories. His first major success as a writer for children was in 1964. Thereafter his children's books brought him increasing popularity, and when he died, children mourned the world over, particularly in Britain where he had lived for many years. View titles by Roald Dahl
    Armando Veve is an award-winning illustrator whose drawings have appeared in publications including The New Yorker, National Geographic, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review, and Wired, among others. He studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and currently resides in Philadelphia. View titles by Armando Veve

    Praise

    "Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland." —The New York Times

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