CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG IS BACK!
Special centenary edition to be published by Puffin on 1 May 2008
“The wings slowly tilted, and as Commander Pott, at last realizing what CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG was up to, pressed down the accelerator pedal, the big green car tilted up her shining green and silver nose and took off!”
Caractacus, Mimsie, Jeremy and Jemima Pott are no ordinary family. And Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bag is no ordinary car. She can swim. She can fly. She can even think for herself … inventing and exploring is what the Pott family does best – every day is an adventure. But when they find themselves in danger from gangsters and explosions there’s only one way to go …
Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, invented “Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang” for his young son Caspar, and she went on to become the most famous and best-loved car in fiction. This treasured story inspired a film and a musical and is celebrated in this lavish, highly collectible new edition, complete with its original timeless artwork by John Burningham, one of Britain’s most popular author/illustrators. It is published to co-incide with the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth, which is being marked by a number of other exciting new publications, exhibitions and events.
Praise for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang:
“Super-wicked villains … hairsbreadth escapes” Daily Telegraph
About Ian Fleming (1908-1964)
Fleming is best known as the creator of the world’s most famous spy, James Bond. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fleming’s only children’s book, was written towards the end of his life for his young son, Caspar. It was first published in 1964 and was later turned into a much-loved film and, more recently, a successful stage production.
About John Burningham
Burningham attended the Central School of Art and published his first book in 1963, Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers. One of the UK’s most distinguished author/illustrators, John Burningham has written over twenty books, and illustrated many more. His appeal is recognized the world over and he has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway medal twice.
1 May 2008 | Puffin Books | Hbk | 128 pages
ISBN-10: 0141384387 | ISBN-13: 978-0141384382 | £14.99
For further information, please contact Helen Loughlin or Rebecca Salt
at Colman Getty: telephone: 0131 558 8851
Email:helenloughlin@colmangetty.co.uk
