Imagine waking up one morning and finding yourself in a magical place called Candyland! Wouldn’t that sound so cool?
Everything in Candyland is made of delicious treats. The roads are covered with colourful jellybeans and instead of ordinary trees, there are giant lollipop trees with swirly red, yellow and green sweets. Perhaps there is even a chocolate river flowing nearby!
Have you read Charlie And The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl or watched the movie based on the book? In the story, Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket and gets the chance to visit the mysterious chocolate factory owned by the extraordinary Willy Wonka. Inside, he discovers a world filled with incredible inventions and, of course, plenty of chocolate!
There are also other books that have taken readers on sweet adventures. In The Candymakers by Wendy Mass, four children take part in a competition to create the best new candy. The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders tells the story of a magical chocolate shop, while The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull follows children who discover that their neighbourhood sweet shop holds more secrets than they expected.
Have you read any of these books?
Now, it is your turn to imagine your own Candyland. What would it look like? Would there be ice-cream mountains, biscuit houses or a forest filled with lollipops?
Here are the letters from Starchild readers on the topic, Candyland.
Cheryl Ling Sze Tien, nine, writes: “One day, I was in bed thinking about an exam I had the next day. I was very nervous because this exam would determine if I was going to my dream school. Unknowingly, I fell fast asleep. In my dream, I was reading a fairy tale book. Suddenly, a gust of wind swept over me and the book swallowed me.
“When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a magical place. The clouds were made of cotton candy, the trees made of candy canes, and when it rained, the raindrops came down as chocolate chips.
“When the rain cleared, the rainbow was made of lollipops. Without me noticing, the sun crept up. It was morning. The alarm clock rang – school time. I was very nervous. My teeth were chattering and my body was shaking. When I walked into the school, the exam started. The essay was easy, because the topic was ‘Candyland’.”
“Imagine planet Earth as Candyland! It would be a colourful place filled with lollipops, gummy bears and ice cream. I would build a home out of my favourite candies and invite all my friends to visit. My favourite part would be a giant ice-cream playground where we could slide down a strawberry ice-cream slide,” says Farrel Zafran Faihan, nine.
Older sister Fathiahana Arissa Faihan, 11, says: “My Candyland would have a rainbow made of candy and clouds made of cotton candy. I would live in a gingerbread house. I would also have a candy factory where children could invent their own sweets. My special invention would be a colour-changing lollipop that tastes different every time you lick it. I think Candyland would be a fun place because it would be full of colour, happiness and imagination!”
“If I could visit Candyland, the first place I would go to is the chocolate river. I love chocolate, so I think it would be amazing to see a whole river made from it! I would also like to live in a house made of cookies and have a giant marshmallow bed. There would be lollipops and cakepops everywhere. I think Candyland would be the sweetest place in the world,” says Nur Ameera Khairul Nizam, 12.
ITEM: Breakfast gives us the energy to start the day. What is your favourite food for breakfast? Is it nasi lemak, roti canai, cereal, toast or something else? Tell us why you enjoy eating it and share one fun fact about your favourite food.
Email your contributions to lifestyle@thestar.com.my by Sept 4. Please put “STARCHILD: Breakfast” in the subject line of your email.
Scanned drawings should be in jpeg format, with a resolution of 200dpi. Your contributions must carry your full name, age (open to children aged 12 and below only), gender, phone contact and address. Instead of handwritten letters, please type out your letters.
Starchild: Candyland drawings
Nur Ameera Khairul Nizam, 12
Cheryl Ling Sze Tien, 9
Fathiahana Arissa Faihan, 11
Farrel Zafran Faihan, 9
