With the proceeds from his latest invention Crackpot Whistling Sweets Commander Caractacus Pott buys his family their first car It looks like a wreck but once restored it turns out to be no ordinary vehicle Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a magical car which can fly swim & even think Chitty & the eccentric plucky Pott family set off on a succession of increasingly perilous adventures that take them across the English Channel & all the way to Paris Since it was first published in 1964 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has become a worldwide phenomenon & has charmed generations of children Gloriously illustrated by Joe Berger & with a ribbon marker & a specially commissioned foreword this beautiful hardback Macmillan Classics edition of Ian Fleming&s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a truly wonderful gift to treasure