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Summary: BEST BOOK EVER! (And hillarious at that!)
Review: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" is a funny story, and the most exciting book ever! I definitly liked the illustrations in the book, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang should go down in history!
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Summary: Great read aloud book.
Review: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was my favorite movie during early childhood. I was pleasantly surprised that the book tells a different story than the movie, although it conveys the same sense of adventure. Ian Fleming wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" in a different style than more current children's literature, something that may bring a change of pace to a young audience. I don't think the crude illustrations by Burningham would be received in the same manner.
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Summary: A fine and entertaining audiobook pick
Review: Andrew Sachs provides the unabridged reading of Fleming's classic story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, about a car that floats, flies, and can steer itself, bringing to life the tale and using his extensive roles in TV, film and radio to add drama to the original classic story. New generations of young listeners will find Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to be a fine and entertaining audiobook pick.
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Summary: I LOVE this book BUT...
Review: the reissue SUCKS big time!!!! I was so angry when I saw this new version that I sent off a letter to Random House, which I'll copy here since it clearly states my issue with the "new" version (and I also highly recommend that if you intend to purchase this book you find an "old" copy from the 60's):To Random House-I recently bought a few books I fondly remembered from my own childhood so I could introduce my friend's 9 year old grandson to some timeless classics. One of these books was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. When the copy I ordered from amazon.com arrived I open the package in breathless anticipation only to quickly descend into horrified shock at what I saw before me. The beautifully illustrated book I so fondly remembered was gone and in its place was paper with print, a hard cover, and a few pathetic, poorly drawn cartoons that serve only to disfigure, in an unimaginable and horrific travesty of art sense, what was once a gloriously illustrated treasure.WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?????The beautiful, original John Burningham illustrations were an integral and ***irreplaceable*** part of this book and without them you've destroyed what was a perfect marriage of art and story. Whoever had the idea to so radically diminish the beauty of this book in such an inexplicable and destructive fashion should never, ever, EVER have a hand in decisions of any importance. This reissue is a miserable failure and a nasty insult to the readers who will never experience the true joy of what was once a perfect book.SHAME ON YOU!Needless to say, this "new" copy is going in the garbage and I've ordered a used copy from 1964.
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Summary: THe best children's book ever
Review: This is an exceptional book about a car that can run on its own. It used to be a famous race car, but then was thrown in the dumps. This eccentric yet ingenious man buys this car, and names it Chitty Chitty Bang Bang after the noise it makes (hence the title of the book). They soon find out that the car they bought is like none other. It had powers that no technology can exceed. The car saves their life by waking the family in time to get away from the water, for the tide was rising and rising. Then they go through a scary and creepy cave with skeletons hanging from the top, and they meet gangsters. They manage to get out of the cave alive, but not without fallimg (or almost falling) into a few traps which only the car can sense. The father discovers that the car has a mind of its own and can sense danger better than any of them. The big blow for the family comes in the end when their children are kidnapped by robbers. The clever children out-smart the gangsters. But their only hope is their very own car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Read the book to find out the rest of the story. For those who are interested, their is a movie based on this but has a different yet intriguing plot. That is a wonderful and I would recommend it. Cheers!!!!! : )
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Summary: Charming and delightful
Review: 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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Summary: Good Job Mister Fleming, Ian Fleming
Review: This was one of my favorite books when I was a little kid. I am so glad that it is still in print. I never knew that the author, Ian Fleming, was the same author of the James Bond novels. That is so cool.
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Summary: Great read aloud book.
Review: This was one of my favorites as a kid and I just read it to my son (aged 4 1/2). The story moves at a fast pace and was one of the first full length books we read. He loved it. The illustrations are wonderful and helped to hold his interest ... but not so many that he couldn't use his imagination to follow the story. I wish Ian Fleming had written more chldrens books.
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