Actually the copy given is only texts. Can't imagine how the book will be, so I opened Amazon to take a peek on how the book is made. The book was well designed, and interactive, so children can read and answers questions. This time Wally is going to the candy factory owned by his family. It was his dream, so the adventure begins. This should be a nice read, if given the actual picture book.

This reminded me way too much of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and lost some original points. Even the title wasn't even hard work to come up with based on the top-mentioned book. Some parts of the book didn't add anything valuable to the story and instead just boosted the page count. It was sad that some of the behaviours in the book weren't addressed by the adults and made me worry about what message is put out to younger readers. The activities and the questions were a nice touch but should've been added to the end of the book to add fewer distractions to the story.

This book was fine. The formatting is a little odd because the story it has prompts on the side “join me” and gives the reader something to do. Things like wiggle or ask your kids questions while you’re reading. The author tried to make a training, manual, and how to do a children’s story time like professionals. Overall, I guess it works. The story is quite long and wordy, and if you added all the “join me” things, it would take a long time to get through this book. The story is fine but it’s not fantastic. The illustrations are fine but they’re not fantastic. Overall, I think people will who enjoy this, but I don’t think it has stayed in power in a library or a bookstore very long.

Wally reminded me of Charlie, yes, from the chocolate factory.

This is the picture of the adventures of Wally in his factory of family business of Candy making. One day he went to his factory and that was his first day there. Before meeting his GrandPa there he worked with workers of the factory on different machines one by one and realised there was so much take to made one candy. Meanwhile, his brother unknowingly splashed the content all over, finding which his GrandPa made him realise the importance.

This is so adventrous.

This book was so cute and sweet! I picked it to read with my youngest, Wallace, but we call him Wally as I thought he would love seeing a book with his name in it (since it's not all that common)....and he did! Thank you, Meghan for writing this sweet book that gave me the most precious memory of reading it with my son. However, if you do not have a child named Wally, you will still love the way this book is different than most children's books, as it has questions and prompts for family discussions on each page which makes it more interactive than your typical storytime. I love the prompts and will definitely purchase more stories like one!

Also thought it was worth noting that the illustrations were beautiful!

Thank you Netgalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

The kids I read this book to asked why the other kids were working at the factory. "Where's theirs parents?" And I didn't have a proper answer for that.

I know this is a children's book, but I don't care much for encouraging children to want to work when they should be enjoying their childhood. People don't exist just to work, regardless of family tradition — and children should be encouraged to pursue their own thing, because they're individuals, rather than continuing the family business out of obligation.

This is the simple tale of a kid who gets to work in a candy factory – surely one step above a candy store, which has many embellishments, as teachers/guardians/parents are given at every stage a prompt asking for a physical activity or a call-and-response, or a discussion question to be used with the younger users of the book. Happily they're tucked away to the side of the page and so do not disturb the drama playing out in large images and short bites of text. And while I don't think they sound a heck of a lot more than a good teacher would have managed to interrupt the narrative with, for some time-starved home educators, this kind of thing could be just what they need. It might be a good idea they are there, all told, for the story is on the slender side, given just enough pep and with just enough charm from the illustrations.

Such a sweet (pun absolutely intended) book! I absolutely love all the opportunities to interact, both in acting out the activity from the book (rolling, falling over, etc) as well as answering questions that call for some reflection (family traditions, favorite candy, what do you want to be when you grow up, etc). The story is fun and engaging, and I LOVED the recipes included at the end. Such a cool idea!

What a great book to read with your little one! The story has prompts with questions to ask and easy activities to do. You can pick which ones you want to do during one reading and then pick new ones the next reading. It’s a great interactive book.

Note: The formatting of the book made it difficult to read as pages were cut off and words were not formatted correctly. It did not affect my rating because I know the finished copy will be beautiful.

Really fun and interactive. I enjoyed that there were recipes to make our candy and a page to make our own family tree at the end of the book.

Loved how interactive this book was, was fun for all the family to join in. The illustrations throughout where so good too we really wanted to visit the candy factory by the end.

Thank you to NetGalley and publishers for this ecopy of Wally and the Sweet Mountain Candy Factory.

We absolutely loved this book, it was illustrated so well and the different fonts throughout the book kept my little boy's attention.
The interaction within this book was fantastic and my little boy absolutely loved this story.

Oh my goodness, I love this book!! It's so beautifully made, with lots of different fonts for different kinds of actions or products. The drawings are very beautiful, with lots to see.
I also love the join me and tell me bits on almost every page, so the kids can really interact and make the story more personal.
The recipes and empty family tree are also a nice add to the book.
I really really really like this book and would highly recommend it!

A very sweet book that adds an interactive element to reading with children that allows for creativity and opportunities to be active. I liked the recipe and the family tree as well, a nice addition. A very colourful and eyecatching book that would definitely appeal to the target audience.

Wally and the Sweet Mountain Candy Factory is adorable! It is an interactive children’s book with wonderful illustrations. It kept my antsy two year old engaged and giggling!

LOVED!!! Great illustrations! So interactive and creative to get kids involved! Can’t wait to buy this for all my nieces and nephews! The recipes and family tree at the end just added awesome factor to this book!!

Wally and the Sweet Mountain Candy Factory is a cute story that will really help your kids feel like they're actually invovled in the story -- not just reading about it! I read this to my own kids and they loved being able to take part in what they were seeing. Very cute!

This picture book is great in how it offers direct interaction that is also a choice. Often times in a storytime, librarians need to add their own interactive elements. I think this book would be great for someone starting out in a storytime to learn how to make a book interactive.

A fun, interactive book-game that encourages kids reading along with their parents to partake in various activities whilst reading, all of which are candy themed! Very cute.

Wally and the Sweet Mountain Candy Factory is adorable! My candy loving boys loved this story of a candy making kid who skis! In fact the skiing may have been our favorite part. I loved that there are prompts to get the kids really captivated by the story, but that the story is adorable and able to be read on it's own without following all of the kid-friendly prompts. This is a must have for any candy loving kids!