Author(s): Paul King and Simon Roald Dahl Sibéal Pounder Farnaby

Kid's Classics

Before Charlie, before the Chocolate Factory, there was . . . WONKA. Picture, if you will, a traveller on a ship. Top hat fixed firmly on his head, red coat blowing the breeze, cane in hand. He, like others journeying with him, has hopes and dreams and thoughts of the future. But unlike others, his dreams are full of everlasting chocolate, sweets with a million flavours, and giant giraffes. But before these dreams can come true, this traveller is tricked, imprisoned and made to wash smelly clothes for hours on end. Only with help from new friends can he escape. And escape he must, for in the shadows wait three jealous factory owners, determined to stop this strange man fulfilling his chocolatey dreams. This is Willy Wonka. And he is heading towards a world of pure imagination . . . The incredible story of a young Wonka before Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.