Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #974039 in Books
• Published on: 1975-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Synopsis
Books in the "Take Part" series feature play parts for mixed ability group reading. They are aimed at 6-9 year olds.

Customer Reviews

Charming and delightful
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.

The original and the best Chitty
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.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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.