Charlie has now won Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and with his parents and grandparents - and Mr Wonka - he's travelling by a strange new method of transport: a Great Glass Elevator! But suddenly things start to go wrong as the elevator zooms into the sky, finally going into orbit around the Earth. An exciting adventure ensues, in which Charlie and his companions defend themselves against a mob of vicious space monsters.
Lola and her ever-patient brother get clear on some concepts in a wryly instructive board book for the younger set.
Lola says, "I am absolutely not big. I am still really quite small." But what is the difference between Lola’s big brother, Charlie, and a small red ladybug, a full glass of strawberry milk -- and the same glass after a tiger gets its paws on it?