![]() ![]() Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. This stunning edition features gorgeous illustrations by Joe Berger. Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond novels, wrote only one children’s bookand it is a classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the name of the flying, floating, driving-by-itself automobile that takes the Pott family on a riotous series of adventures as they try to capture a notorious gang of robbers. ![]() Fleming was inspired by a celebrated English racing car nicknamed 'Chitty-Bang-Bang', which was built and raced by Count Louis Zborowski in the 1920s. First published in 1964, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was Ian Fleming's only children's book, written for his son Caspar. Chitty and the eccentric, plucky Pott family set off on a succession of increasingly perilous adventures that take them across the English Channel and all the way to Paris. Series: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1) A read aloud with super appeal ( ) What a fun book I really enjoyed this book, and probably enjoyed it more than I. It looks like a wreck, but once restored it turns out to be no ordinary vehicle Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is a magical car which can fly, swim and even think. With the proceeds from his latest invention, Crackpot Whistling Sweets, Commander Caractacus Pott buys his family their first car. ![]() ![]() Print Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Book 1 (Macmillan Collector's Library) ![]()
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