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The car is magical. So is the book. (Vogue )
From the same stable as Thunderball et al: same excitement, same wonderful imagination. The car really lives (Scotsman )
Super-wicked villains ... hairsbreadth escapes (Telegraph ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From the same stable as Thunderball et al: same excitement, same wonderful imagination. The car really lives (Scotsman )
Super-wicked villains ... hairsbreadth escapes (Telegraph ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Pssst . . . want to know a secret?
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang isn't any ordinary car.
It can swim. And fly. It can even think for itself!
Chitty's owners, the Pott family, love adventures. But they've never come across gangsters and explosions and secret underground lairs before! So when they find themselves in a desperate chase to stop the gangsters' evil plan, they know where to turn.
Chitty to the rescue!
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Most motor-cars are conglomerations (this is a long word for bundles) of steel and wire and rubber and plastic, and electricity and oil and petrol and water, and the toffee papers you pushed down the crack in the back seat last Sunday. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Most motor-cars are conglomerations (this is a long word for bundles) of steel and wire and rubber and plastic, and electricity and oil and petrol and water, and the toffee papers you pushed down the crack in the back seat last Sunday. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After many years of being out of print, this is a sumptuous new edition of the ORIGINAL tales about the magical car.
Written in the early sixties for his son, Ian Fleming's stories were originally published as three separate books. This anthology combines them into one thrilling adventure.
For those who only know the film, it will be a surprise to discover how far the script of the film departs from Fleming's book. Roald Dahl contributed to the script (although he is said to have been unhappy with it)and it is tempting to imagine Truly Scrumptious and the child catcher are his inventions. They are certainly not Flemings.
In the original story - set in the '60's, the Pott family (including a live-and-well mother) rescue a derelict car and become emboiled in the gangster Joe The Monster's plots to steal sweets from Monsieur Bon Bon's sweet shop in Paris. There are guns and explosions, kidnappings and all sorts of mortal dangers...and the whistling sweets are in there too!
And the car does of course fly and float, with perfect timing!
Burningham's astonishing illustrations were not used when designing the film car. His green dragon of a car is a magnificent eccentric creation none the less and the whole book should be on every young boy's bookshelf.
Written in the early sixties for his son, Ian Fleming's stories were originally published as three separate books. This anthology combines them into one thrilling adventure.
For those who only know the film, it will be a surprise to discover how far the script of the film departs from Fleming's book. Roald Dahl contributed to the script (although he is said to have been unhappy with it)and it is tempting to imagine Truly Scrumptious and the child catcher are his inventions. They are certainly not Flemings.
In the original story - set in the '60's, the Pott family (including a live-and-well mother) rescue a derelict car and become emboiled in the gangster Joe The Monster's plots to steal sweets from Monsieur Bon Bon's sweet shop in Paris. There are guns and explosions, kidnappings and all sorts of mortal dangers...and the whistling sweets are in there too!
And the car does of course fly and float, with perfect timing!
Burningham's astonishing illustrations were not used when designing the film car. His green dragon of a car is a magnificent eccentric creation none the less and the whole book should be on every young boy's bookshelf.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the story of Commander Caractacus Pott, a highly eccentric inventor, and his family. When they acquire a broken-down old automobile, Commander Pott goes to work on it, and seemingly with the help of the automobile itself, he rebuilds it into a car that is more than a little bit magic. Due to the sound it makes when it starts up, the Pott children name the car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! However, a trip in this car is like nothing you can imagine, anything can happen, and something fantastic invariably will! And so it's off to adventure and danger!
This is a charming and delightful children's story, one that you could hardly imagine was written by Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond books! My kids love this whimsical story and yours will too. My family highly recommends this book to yours. 5 stars.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought the book was very well written, and the illustrations helped the book along. The story is very different to the film but still good. However, I was most surprised to find that the book was adapted for beginning readers by Al Perkins and not the original book by Ian Flemming.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Great Product, Great Story all children should read this one. Arrived on time
pleased with product. Excellent service I could recomended this book
pleased with product. Excellent service I could recomended this book
Published 6 months ago by G. W. A. M Burroughs
An original version
If you love the film, stage show and disney styled chitty, stay away from ian flemmings original book, its so different and slightly less romantic than the disney version, i grew... Read more
Published 22 months ago by R. Baird
Not as good as you'd think
I bought this for my 6 year old daughter who is a big fan of the film. A bit of a let down really. Far too many digressions to keep the young reader interested.
Published 24 months ago by Conor Murphy
Definitely different
Most films derived from books tell a story that is at least somewhat different from the book; the film of this book is even more different than most. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2009 by Lost John
FIRST TIME
THIS WAS MY FIRST EVER PURCHASE MADE ONLINE. IT WAS EASIER THAN I THOUGHT EASY STEPS TO FOLLOW. I FELT SURE AND CONFIDENT AND SECURE WITH THE PROCEDER. Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2009 by David Antonio Smith
Sets a child's imagination flying as high and wildly as Chitty Chitty...
This is a gorgeous new version of an old classic. That said, I'd never come across Fleming's original in my own childhood and was delighted to stumble across this in a local book... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2008 by ELH Browning
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
My five yr old son can't stand the sugary sweet film. HE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THE BOOK ! Which is the way it should be. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2007 by J. Heath
The original and the best Chitty
I have been compelled to write a review to counter the absurd remarks made by other reviewers. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL STORY!!!! Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2006 by Cangarwbach
chitty chitty bang bang
This is a fantastic book that does not pervert the minds of children, even soppy minded liberal ones. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2004 by dt.ward@virgin.net
chitty chitty bang bang
Having taken my children to see the stage show as the video is their favorite. I felt it was about time I got the book to read to them. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2003 by Sally Riding
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