This is a sweet story for young readers. It explains how Wally works in a candy making factory. This opens up discussions for kid on how candy is made and what type of jobs are available to them as they grow.

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 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.

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.

I received a copy of this book through Netgalley. This is my honest review.

This is an interactive story about a boy who goes to work in his family's candy factory (it's a family business which makes it perfectly legal even though he is a child, although being a factory that may not be quite true). He is excited to work in the factory though, and who wouldn't be because candy. There are questions and prompts along the way to encourage your child to take part in the adventure of a day working in a candy factory.

I wish I could talk about the illustrations, but my version of the book from Netgalley didn't have them. All I got was the words so I don't know what to expect on that front unfortunately. My mind filled in the blanks with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory type images, because candy. As far as rereads go, this one would be a mixed bag. The story was fairly fun, but I could see the reading taking increasingly longer times as kids get more and more into the prompts, potentially using it to delay things like bedtime. Overall I give the book 3.46 out of 5 stars since I didn't get to see the illustrations.

I don’t think I have seen the actual picture book pages in the file I downloaded from NetGalley. I would be happy to leave a review if I did.

Wally and the Sweet Mountain Candy Factory had a really cute storyline. I love how the author included suggested questions to ask during your read. I wish we would have been able to view the illustrations as I think my boys would have been more interested. But they still enjoyed the story.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for allowing me to read in exchange for my honest review.

I love how it allows for the ultimate kind of imagination: letting kids come up with their own little story inside this story!

My only con was that there were no pictures/illustrations inside the book.

My daughter loves seeing pictures, so that was a bit difficult for her to not see that in this one.

Wally and the Sweet Mountain Candy Factory has a fun storyline. I really appreciated the interactive questions and actions for the young reader to do. I wish I could have seen illustrations.

Thank you to NetGalley, and the publisher for the eARC! . I did like that the story comes with questions / comments that the reader can ask the child while reading. I was unable to view any illustrations in the eARC.

Thank you NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for accepting my request to read and review Wally and the Sweet Mountain Chocolate Factory: An Interactive Story About Family and Relationships.

Published: 11/11/2019

This is a tough one. The message is lovely, the importance of family and sticking together. At one point the brothers (two) have a choice. In this situation, there wouldn't be a need for the book if the right choice wasn't made. I liked how the author projected a good/happy attitude following the decision as opposed to a bitter attitude. The illustrations are cute.

The interactive portion of the book is a fail for me. It was distracting.

This book requires an adult or older reading helper.

I love interactive books that make children think and use their imagination. This book does not disappoint. After each sentence is a question or action that can be done. Wally is all excited as it is his first day to work at the family candy factory. There are no illustrations but I think they would add to the book, but it does not take away from the fun of the story. This is a good mom or dad and me book.

I am not sure if this book was supposed to look like that, or is it just the ARC that has no pictures and comes in really strange formatting? There are only short text and questions, not a single picture. Although the questions look like they could be great conversation starters with the child, they really do not make much sense when put like that, out of any context. Pictures would have definitely added some context and made it more entertaining for any child.

Wow what a great book for kids!! I love how interactive this book is! It is all about Wally and his first day at the candy factory. I can't wait to read this book with my daughter when it comes out and see the pictures!

I found it difficult to leave a review for this book because the text was formatted strange and there were no pictures. I’m not sure if this is a glitch or the book as no pictures. Based on the cover and some of the text it does look like it would be a fun book for kids.