Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (CD-Audio)

from bostonian71

A truly charming adventure, this was lots of fun to read aloud and left me wishing Fleming had done more children's books, not just James Bond novels. I do love the cool gadgets sported by the magical car, including an early version of GPS. The only flaw is the drawings ... they seem somewhat car...

from aadyer

An enjoyable romp involving a magical car, a very English post war family & some gangsters. Interesting, obviously has some value as the only children's book of Ian Flemings but also will have some interest to the mid aged children. I think teenagers & young adults will find this beneath them.

from melydia

I mostly picked this up on audio because David Tennant reads it, and he reads it just delightfully. It's a fun little book about a possibly magic car who saves a family from peril. It's very cute and not very much like James Bond at all. I'd probably appreciate it even more if I was into cars.

from theokester

I watched the movie Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang as a child and have vaguely fun and yet confusing memories of it. To this day I still find some of the tunes from the movie jumping into my head at random. Years later I was told that the original book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was written by Ian Fleming....

from LA12Hernandez

The only thing the same about the book and the movie is the name. I enjoyed the story in the book and think it would make a great movie. But it is so different from the movie that it would have to have a different name. maybe Gen ii, The name of the car in the book. It is a fun book to read.