Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator
By Roald Dahl
Charlie and his family join Willy Wonka in the Great Glass Elevator, where they battle Vermicious Knids and survive wild mishaps with age.
Worksheets
Inside the Space Hotel, Wonka’s nonsense speech convinces the world they are Martians, and the U.S. President nervously invites them to the White House. But real aliens emerge from the elevators, forcing Charlie, his family, and Wonka to flee in the Glass Elevator.
Charlie, his family, and Wonka accidentally rocket the Great Glass Elevator into space, alarming the world and the U.S. President, who mistakes them for enemies targeting the new Space Hotel.
Class 1
Class 2
Charlie and Wonka save the Commuter Capsule from the Knids by plunging back to Earth in the Glass Elevator, landing safely at the Chocolate Factory. There, Wonka reveals his invention, Wonka-Vite, a pill that can make people younger.
Class 3
The grandparents take too many Wonka-Vite pills, becoming babies while Grandma Georgina vanishes into Minusland, and Wonka brings Charlie on a daring trip deep into the factory to rescue her with Vita-Wonk spray.
Class 4
Wonka restores Grandma Georgina from 358 years old back to normal and uses Wonka-Vite to return the baby grandparents to adults. When the President invites them all to the White House in thanks for saving the astronauts, the whole family heads off with Wonka for a new adventure.
