What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I'm hoping to find the title for a book from my childhood, so it would have been published early 80s or earlier. It has a family that lives in a bed that ends up flying at some point. It's not Charlie and the Chocolate Factory :). The book has a lot of very colourful pictures. There is one child who is overweight and wears striped pajamas. The father of the family works in a bottle factory, or maybe a bottle cap factory where he is surrounded by dozens of brightly coloured bottles that he puts caps on. I think there were grandparents in the bed too, but I'm worried I'm conflating with Charlie and the Chocolate factory.

Flying bed makes me think of Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton.

Or maybe this one: Bob and Bobette: Flying Bed No. 2 (Bob & Bobette) by Willy Vandersteen by Willy Vandersteen. Though finding an English version could be a challenge.

Juels wrote: "Flying bed makes me think of Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton.

Or maybe this one: [book:Bob and Bobette: Flying Bed No. 2 (Bob & Bobette) by Willy Vandersteen|161..."

Thanks for the very quick response! Mary Norton's book is the one I keep running into when I try google searches, but that isn't it. The colours in the pictures pop a lot more; I would say almost as much as Ul de Rico's "The Rainbow Goblins" which was another book I read as a kid.

Ben-omi wrote: "... Thanks for the very quick response! Mary Norton's book is the one I keep running into when I try google searches, but that isn't it. ..."

Perhaps try excluding Norton from your Google searches using a hyphen. For example, you could search Goodreads:

site:goodreads.com -norton [etc...]

Did you read this book in Canada?

Google Books search
flying bed bottle factory picture book
Shakespeare and the flying bed by Mark Coté
Cover https://biblio.com.au/book/shakespear...
A magical bed takes off in amazing flight with the Snozolas and Shakespeare the spider on board.

Could it possibly be The Bed Book? That doesn't have a plot and is just "imagine different fanciful beds" but there is one that flies (also a submarine bed and a snack dispenser bed, I remember) and the illustrations were pretty vivid to me as a child.

Is this Mr. Pudgins by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen? I think it’s a flying bathtub, not bed but otherwise maybe fits?

Emily wrote: "Is this Mr. Pudgins by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen? I think it’s a flying bathtub, not bed but otherwise maybe fits?"
Mr. Pudgins for Emily's link:

Could it possibly be the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator?

Just stumbled on an early one (1945, but colour illustrations in one edition at least): Johnny & His Wonderful Bed