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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: The Further Adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka, Chocolate-Maker Extraordinary Review

Barbecued like beefsteak. Cracked as a crawfish. Crazy as a crumpet. Dotty as a dingbat. This is what the Grandmas, Josephine and Georgina, shriek at Mr. Wonka in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Let us tell you about one of our favorite books because we want you to enjoy it, too. Mr. Wonka, Charlie, and Charlie's family have an amazing outer space adventure. Once back on earth, Grandma Georgina, Grandma Josephine, and Grandpa George are all persuaded to try Wonka-Vites because Mr. Wonka convinced them that they would feel younger. Unfortunately, Grandpa George and Grandma Josephine turned into babies, and Grandma Georgina visted Minusland. Everything turned out all right and these eight wondrous astronauts are invited to spend a couple of nights at the White House as guests of the President. This book is recommended for adventurers older than eight, who are not afraid of enormous slimy space worms (you'll find out about them).

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: The Further Adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka, Chocolate-Maker Extraordinary Overview

Charlie has won Mr. Wonka's chocolate factory, but in order to reach it he must take a Great Glass Elevator - which has gone wrong, whisking Charlie and his family (and Mr. Wonka) into orbit.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: The Further Adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka, Chocolate-Maker Extraordinary Specifications

Picking right up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family, and Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker. As the book begins, our heroes are shooting into the sky in a glass elevator, headed for destinations unknown. What follows is exactly the kind of high-spirited magical madness and mayhem we've all come to expect from Willy Wonka and his creator Roald Dahl. The American space race gets a send-up, as does the President, and Charlie's family gets a second chance at childhood. Throw in the Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies, and Minusland and we once again witness pure genius. (Ages 9 to 12)

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Customer Reviews

Cruel and offensive - Alaina S. Wilson -
We recently finished "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" as a readaloud to our five year old daughter. What a cruel disappointment to read this book. By chapter three, we were all bored. And as a parent, I thought the characters were unusually mean as they spoke to each other. By chapter four, the "President" was racially stereotyping other cultures. As the parent of a Chinese child, I couldn't even bring myself to read aloud the Chinese Prime Minister's dialogue (for example: "Gleetings, honorable Mr. Plesident" and "Excuse pleese, Mr. Plesident. You make big mistake."

Needless to say, we didn't finish chapter four, and we won't be finishing the book.

it's good - Katecali - Ohio
Here's what my 4 and 6yr old have to say about it. We just finished it after reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which they loved. They liked this one less than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but they still looked forward to reading it every night. It's true that it got boring when the characters floated around in space for so long, but they liked the part when the grandparents ate the pills--it led to a lot of mathematical calculations about how old their parents would be depending on how many pills we ate (each one makes you 20 yrs younger). Recommended!

This is an exciting gleeful story for children and adults - Kurt Conner - South Hadley, MA USA
I read this twenty years ago, and about all I remembered was that I loved the Vermicious Knids ("Scram!"). When I picked it up again a year ago, I realized that as a child, I missed the glorious absurdity, the joyful gibberish, and the over-the-top satire of U.S. politics (the Vice-President is the President's former nanny, and she basically babysits him and won't let him have too much candy, and his cat Mrs. Taubsypuss is a more important character than just about anyone else in the cabinet). Dahl writes this fast-paced little story with an irresistible mischievous glee, and his excitement is infectious. The story itself is not that weighty (basically, the family and Mr. Wonka go into space, have a quick adventure, come back, have a quick adventure, then it's over), but the style and enthusiasm are the real selling points. I heartily recommend this book to both children and grown-ups.

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