Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car -- Ian Fleming

<b>Ian Fleming's beloved original text -- illustrated by Joe Berger </b> <p/>"Crackpot" is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a wreck, nobody is surprised. Except for the Potts themselves. First, the car has a name. And she tells them what it is. Then they find out that she can fly. And swim. . . . Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a car on a mission to stop a criminal gang in its tracks -- and she is taking the Potts with her Jump into the world's most loved magical car for her first adventure.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Ian Fleming<br><b>Publisher:</b> Candlewick Press (MA)<br><b>Published:</b> 03/12/2013<br><b>Pages:</b> 143<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.40lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.50d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780763666668<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.6<br><b>Point Value:</b> 4<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>74980 / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 02/28/2014 pg. 76<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Ian Fleming</b>, famous for creating James Bond, also loved fast cars -- and this love spurred him to write his only children's book, for his little boy, Caspar, about a car that could fly. Published just after Fleming's death in 1964, <i>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car</i> became an immediate bestseller. It has been reinvented as a musical and