The enduring story of a magical car, with stunning illustrations by Joe Berger.
Ian Fleming - famous across the globe for creating James Bond -
loved cars. And the faster the car, the better. It was this love
that inspired him to write his only children's book, Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang: The Magical Car - about a car that could fly. Fast.
He wrote it for his little boy, Caspar, when Fleming was recovering
from a heart attack and his wife had hidden his typewriter to force
him to rest. He wrote it secretly and in longhand, eventually
sending it to his bemused editor, who had been expecting a new Bond
novel. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, published just after Fleming's
death, became an immediate bestseller. It has been reinvented as a
musical and as a film (with the screenplay written by Roald Dahl).
It is a jewel in the crown of children's fiction in the UK and
across the world.
Several sequels have since been published, written by author Frank
Cottrell Boyce.
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