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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Hardback Edition

The magical children's adventure

First published in 1964

Hardback

OVERVIEW

Discover this 60th anniversary celebration edition of the treasured story. The collectible hardback book features Ian Fleming’s iconic adventure with its original timeless artwork and cover by John Burningham.

Meet the Pott family: Caractacus, Mimsie, Jemima and Jeremy – the family of crackpots who just invented an incredible whistling sweet. Their next project? Fixing up their new car – a very, very special car…

Buckle up for a journey over the sea and through the sky, into the clutches of a group of villainous gangsters. Join the Potts for the adventure of a lifetime!

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REVIEWS

‘The car is magical. So is the book’

Vogue

‘The super wicked villains, the hairsbreadth escapes, the happy family security, the magic, the happy endings, with the comforting assurance that family and car will soon be in mortal danger again. That’s the stuff to give the infantry!’

The Daily Telegraph

‘From the same stable as Thunderball: same excitement, same wonderful imagination. The car really lives’

The Scotsman

‘[A] thrilling cliff-hanger’

The Daily Mirror

‘[Fleming] proves himself already an accomplished, unpatronising story-teller for the 5–12-year-olds’

Birmingham Post

‘For all sorts of children’

The Times

CHARACTERS

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

A car that can do it all. Chitty is a custom-built car, lovingly restored by Commander Caractacus Pott with airplane wings, floatation devices, a rocket booster and a mysterious, powerful engine that makes a distinctive ‘chitty chitty bang bang’ when firing up – a signature sound that gives Chitty her unusual name. She has the original registration number GEN 11 and is more than just a machine. Chitty is self-willed and has a mind of her own – often protecting her passengers, or taking them on very unexpected adventures.

THE POTT FAMILY

Meet the Potts, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang‘s first family. Retired Naval Commander Caractacus Pott is an eccentric, well-meaning inventor who buys an old car using proceeds from the sale of his ingenious whistling sweets. Mimsie is the practical-minded, gentle mother, while kids Jeremy and Jemima are a fun-loving pair who rarely drop a smile. After Caractacus rebuilds Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the family become adventurers – coming together to face dangers, foil criminals and see new lands with the help of their magical flying car.

‘That’s no way to treat adventures. Never say no to adventures. Always say yes. Otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life’
Caractatus Pott