Book Review: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Posted on April 4, 2012 Updated on March 30, 2012

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 

Written by Roald Dahl 

Read by Eric Idle 

Published on August 12, 1972 by Knopf Books for Young Readers 

Audio Edition Published July 6, 2004 by Harper Festival

Ages: 8+, 176 pages

Audio Edition: 3 hours and 30 minutes 

Genre: Fantasy 

 

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator picks up right where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory concludes. Charlie has won the chocolate factory prize and is now in the glass elevator with his entire family. Inside the great glass elevator are Charlie, Mr. Willy Wonka, Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina, and Mr. and Mrs. Bucket. They are riding high into space. Along the way, they encounter Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies, a space hotel, a strange communication with the President of the United States, unique vitamins that increase and decrease your age, and more crazy adventures with Mr. Willy Wonka. I enjoyed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory more, but you’re in for another delightful Roald Dahl treat with this book.