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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Hardcover)

by Ian Fleming (Author), Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0375825916
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375825910
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,389,034 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Charming and delightful, 10 Feb 2004
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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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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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 3 Jun 2007
By J. Heath "book worm" (UK) - See all my reviews
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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. If you have a child that likes gadgets & adventure then this is perfect. There's a lot of detail about how the car works, which doesn't keep my daughter's attention, but my son will listen to it over agin asking for more & more chapters. The characters are skimmed over & the emphasis is on action. We had to start again as soon as we'd finished. Oh & yes, there's very little resemblance to the film except that the title is the same. I suspect that we'll be onto the James Bond novels as soon as he's in his teens. Can't wait.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 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 3 months ago by Lost John

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 11 months ago by David Antonio Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars Sets a child's imagination flying as high and wildly as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
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 17 months ago by ELH Browning

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic flies again
After many years of being out of print, this is a sumptuous new edition of the ORIGINAL tales about the magical car. Read more
Published 18 months ago by lionheart

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

4.0 out of 5 stars different from the film
The book of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a great book to read aloud to young children but the story is very much changed from the film. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2003 by Mr. C. T. Brown

1.0 out of 5 stars 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

1.0 out of 5 stars This book destroys the magical image of the original story.
I firmly believe this book is not suitable for beginner readers. It bears no resemblance whatsoever to the original film apart from the name of the car. Read more
Published on 6 April 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
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. Read more
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