{"product_id":"chitty-chitty-bang-bangisbn-9780763666782","title":"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang","description":"\u003cb\u003eIan Fleming’s treasured classic soars in a deluxe edition featuring John Burningham’s vibrant, full-color original illustrations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamous for creating James Bond, Ian Fleming also loved fast cars — and this passion inspired him to write his only children’s book, penned for his young son, Caspar. Published fifty years ago in 1964, \u003ci\u003eChitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car \u003c\/i\u003eintroduced the world to the thrilling adventures of the “crackpot” Pott family and the flying car with a mind of her own. \u003ci\u003eChitty Chitty Bang Bang \u003c\/i\u003ebecame an instant bestseller that has been reinvented as a musical and a film (with a screenplay co-written by Roald Dahl) and has also inspired three sequels written by Frank Cottrell Boyce. To honor half a century of \u003ci\u003eChitty Chitty Bang Bang, \u003c\/i\u003eCandlewick Press presents a full-color gift edition ready to zoom straight into hearts of a new generation.There’s no improving on perfection—in this case Fleming’s adventure story (featuring the unconventional family Pott and their magically refurbished motorcar) with the original, transcendent Burningham illustrations, first published in 1964. The confiding informality of the storyteller’s voice; the nonstop and immensely child-pleasing adventures; the spunk of young Jeremy and Jemima; and of course the ingenious personality of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang herself—all combine to make an ideal family read-aloud. This handsome fiftieth-anniversary gift edition is ... so very welcome.\u003cbr\u003e—Horn Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is why the book holds up, 50 years after its original publication: its sense of the world as an inexplicable but also miraculous place.\u003cbr\u003e—Los Angeles Times Online\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e worked as a journalist, a stockbroker, and an assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence in the Admiralty in London during World War II, a job that amply qualified him for writing internationally best-selling thrillers about super-spy James Bond. Ian Fleming wrote \u003ci\u003eChitty Chitty Bang Bang\u003c\/i\u003e for his young son and died in 1964, two months before the book was first published.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Burningham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world’s most beloved children’s book creators. His work has received countless awards, including two Kate Greenaway Medals and a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe–Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Honor for \u003ci\u003eIt’s a Secret!\u003c\/i\u003e With Candlewick Press, he is also the author-illustrator of \u003ci\u003eTug-of-War \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Way to the Zoo \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eThere’s Going to Be a Baby,\u003c\/i\u003e illustrated by his wife, Helen Oxenbury. His work is featured in the collectors’ volume \u003ci\u003eJohn Burningham\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303855411429,"sku":"NP9780763666782","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780763666781.jpg?v=1730755572","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/chitty-chitty-bang-bangisbn-9780763666782","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}