Amazing news from chocolate magician Willy Wonka!
“Find the golden invitation, one of only five in the world!”

Chewing gum that doesn't lose its sweetness, color-changing caramel,
Non-melting ice cream, a huge chocolate waterfall flowing
The doors to the chocolate factory, a space of boundless imagination, open.
You will tour this sweet and bloody chocolate factory.
There are only five lucky children!

★ He once again captivated the children with his elegance.
- The New York Times
★ A book that is ‘attractive to adults too.’
- Star News
★ This book is like candy.
It's very funny and comforting.
- Eleanor Cameron (children's literature writer and critic)
★ Original film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Roald Dahl, the great storyteller of the 20th century
Meet the living painting legend, Quentin Blake!

Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning author / Book selected as a good book by the Korean Publishers Association
Children's Book Research Association Recommended Books / Kyobo Bookstore Recommended Books / Book Class Recommended Books
Hanuri Recommended Books / Morning Reading Movement Recommended Books / Busan Metropolitan Office of Education Recommended Books / Boy's Korea Good Book Selections
Open Children's Recommended Book / BBC Blue Peter Book Award / World Fantasy Award / Australian BILBY Award

▶ A special world where any imagination becomes reality! The doors to Wingka's mysterious and magical chocolate factory are now open.
Willy Wonka, the genius chocolate inventor, declares that he will open his chocolate factory to any child who finds a lucky golden ticket hidden in five chocolates and reveal all the secrets of the chocolate making process.
Who will be the winners of the golden invitation? The anticipation is fleeting. Readers, like the five children who toured the chocolate factory, are left speechless from the moment they step inside.
Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, where children's dreams come true and adults rediscover their childhood innocence by turning their imaginations into reality. However, with the exception of the fifth golden ticket holder, the other four are uninterested in Wonka's amazing inventions, blinded by their endless greed, and only cause trouble.
In a place that seemed to show a world of pure innocence with sweet chocolate as its subject, a harsh reality suddenly appears.
What secrets lie hidden inside the mysterious chocolate factory?

▶ The desires and unreasonable violence boiling in my heart
A work that reveals characters with unique personalities!
Augustus, a boy with a big appetite; Veruca, who begs her parents to give her anything she wants; Violet, a girl who chews gum all day; Mike, a boy addicted to television; and Charlie, who is always hungry.
The children who found the golden invitation honestly reveal their desires.
The other four children, excluding Charlie, grew up in a wealthier family than Charlie and lacked nothing, yet they were consumed by endless desires.
These are likened to desires such as appetite, materialism, fame, and power, and they make us reflect on the irrational violence that arises from trying to possess visible values ​​and external things.
Author Roald Dahl vividly portrays the reality of life with his rich imagination, while also slowly destroying children consumed by their endless selfishness and greed, resulting in a satisfying revenge.
Before you know it, readers will be singing along to the Oompa Loompas' lyrics that satirize irrational violence, oppression, and misguided desires.
Also, one cannot help but be curious about how Charlie's desire to share even just one piece of chocolate with his family will end, unlike the four children's.

Is it right to blame all those shameful mistakes/Only on Veruca Salt?/Is it her fault alone?/She's spoiled and mean,/But as we all know/Kids don't become that way on their own./Who spoiled her?/Who really?/The one who said yes, yes, and listened to everything she said?/Who is to blame for making her such a bad temper?/Who made her so?/Alas! It's dark under the lamp./Why are you looking so far away?/This is truly a sad thing./They are/her loving mother and father./And how glad we are to have sent even her parents to the garbage dump.
_From the text

▶ Sweet hope and comfort for the boy!
Charlie, the everyday hero who makes you look back on the moment!
Chocolate provides a sweet respite, even if only for a moment, and helps us forget the harsh reality.
That's why it's heartbreaking to see Charlie, who is so poor that he suffers from hunger all day, content with just one piece of chocolate and gives the rest to his family.
Charlie, who loves and cares for his family, who doesn't forget what's precious while being immersed in the sweetness of the moment, and who finds and protects the precious things in everyday life, is the everyday hero.
This work makes me realize that loving and believing in those around me and those with whom I share my daily life is more important than chocolate.
Also, through Charlie, I will live a meaningful day today by believing in the strength to move forward positively even in difficult situations and the hope that good fortune will come to my life.


“There must be thousands of weak-willed people who would like to take over this factory in my place.
But I don't want people like that.
If you're an adult, you'll hate it.
Adults don't listen to me or try to learn from me.
I will insist on doing things my way, not the way I have been doing them.
So I tried to find the child.
He is a kind and thoughtful child.
“A child who can teach me all the precious secrets of making chocolate while I am alive.” _From the text

▶ Vivid illustrations that bring to life a world of adventure and fantasy!
A meeting between Roald Dahl, the 20th-century's greatest storyteller, and Quentin Blake, the living picture legend.
Quentin Blake, who has worked with actors in films such as Matilda and James and the Giant Peach, portrays the bizarre and cruel scenes in his works in a humorous and humorous way.
By utilizing the thickness and splitting of the quill pen's lines, he vividly portrays the comical appearances of unique characters and the non-existent Oompa Loompa people.
Quentin Blake's free-flowing lines and ink shading effects are a visual delight, further immersing you in the fantasy world created by Roald Dahl.
The meeting between Roald Dahl, the great storyteller of the 20th century, and the living legend, Quentin Blake, will present a unique and moving experience.