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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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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Charming and delightful, 10 Feb 2004

By	Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (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.

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The original and the best Chitty, 22 Nov 2006

By	Cangarwbach (Shrewsbury, UK) - See all my reviews

I have been compelled to write a review to counter the absurd remarks made by other reviewers. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL STORY!!!! Ian Fleming wrote this book as a simple story of a magical car, thieves, channel-crossing and kids. None of this Hollywood soppy mush with Childcatchers and awfully titled Truly Scrumptious, the film and subsequent productions are completely Vulgarian. So clear your head of all that popularist nonsense and enjoy a much more enjoyable (and possible slightly more plausible?) version of a classic tale from a classic author.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent, 8 Dec 1999

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This review is from: Ian Fleming's Story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! The Magical Car (Adapted for Beginning readers) (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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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

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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