# Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (colour edition)

**Author:** Roald Dahl
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Page count:** 204
**Genre:** Juvenile Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780241327333`
**ISBN-10:** `0241327334`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/charlie-and-the-great-glass-elevator
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Illustrations by Quentin Blake in full colour for the very first time! WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factory. They can see the whole world below them, but they're not alone. The American Space Hotel has just launched. Lurking inside are the Vernicious Knids - the most brutal, vindictive murderous beasts in the universe. So grab your gizzard! Hold your hats! Only Charlie and Willy Wonka can stop the Knids from destroying everything!

## Where this book is assigned

### Hawai'i Nēnē Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 1978 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 1978 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 1978 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 1978 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)

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