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Lucy Mangan’s fascinating INSIDE CHARLIE’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY has been chosen by Amazon editors as a Children’s Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2014. The book was released to celebrate the fifty year anniversary of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel, and explores the wide-ranging influence that Charlie Bucket, Willy Wonka and the Oompa-Loompas have had on our culture. The book features hundreds of images, including previously unseen material from the Roald Dahl archive and behind-the-scenes photographs from the films, musical and more.

Lucy Mangan is a columnist for Guardian Weekend magazine and Stylist, and author of MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS, THE RELUCTANT BRIDE and HOPSCOTCH AND HANDBAGS. Lucy is now working on BOOKWORM, a personal history and celebration of children’s literature, to be published by Square Peg.

Grab your golden ticket for a chance to explore the world of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Lucy Mangan’s new book, INSIDE CHARLIE’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY, published by Penguin today. The book is released to celebrate the fifty year anniversary of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel.

Look out for Lucy on your TVs and Radio sets – she has already appeared on BBC News on Friday to talk about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and will be on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. She was featured in an article for BBC News Website, as well as writing an article in The Guardian, who also featured a recovered chapter that didn’t make the actual book and a quiz! An extract from the book appeared in The Independent today.

Lucy Mangan is a columnist for Guardian Weekend magazine and Stylist, and author of MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS, THE RELUCTANT BRIDE and HOPSCOTCH AND HANDBAGS. Lucy is now working on BOOKWORM, a personal history and celebration of children’s literature, to be published by Square Peg (October 2015).