The British Library, in partnership with the charity World Book Day, is putting on a free VI-friendly activity and author meet with Sibéal Pounder, writer of the World Book Day 2026 £1 book ‘Chaos at the Chocolate Factory’.
RNIB and VICTA families are being given priority booking and we’re consulting on the activity design to make sure everyone can get involved.
At each session, Sibéal will read part of ‘Chaos at the Chocolate Factory’ and talk with the families. The book was inspired by Roald Dahl’s Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and has some fantastic illustrations by Emily Jones, so then we’ll make our own experimental sensory Wonka creations in the British Library’s pop-up Wonka factory and create our own fantastic illustrations.
To book your place, please email the following to outreach@bl.uk by 18 February:
- Your name
- The number of people in your family
- Your child’s vision impairment and any additional needs.
- Which session you’d like to attend: 11.30am, 1.30pm or 3pm
About the book
Charlie Bucket is having a magical time learning to run Mr Willy Wonka’s famous chocolate factory. There are so many delicious new creations to be invented! And as long as there is a Wonka chocolate factory, there will be a Willy Wonka pinging about like an excited squirrel inside it – along with his brilliant Oompa-Loompas, who know just how to keep everything running smoothly.
But everyone needs a holiday, even Oompa-Loompas. And that’s where this story begins . . .
When Mr Wonka and the Oompa-Loompas decide it’s time to go on an adventure to look for marvellous new recipe ingredients, Charlie is left to run the factory by himself for the first time. And it’s fair to say things don’t quite go to plan . . .
Can Charlie use his imagination to save the chocolate factory from disaster – or will all the chaos mean closing the factory gates forever?
