Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. This stunning edition features gorgeous illustrations by Joe Berger. Fleming was inspired by a celebrated English racing car nicknamed 'Chitty-Bang-Bang', which was built and raced by Count Louis Zborowski in the 1920s. Flemings only important novel for children, Chitty Chitty. First published in 1964, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was Ian Fleming's only children's book, written for his son Caspar. Illustrated throughout in both black and white and color by John Burningham. Chitty and the eccentric, plucky Pott family set off on a succession of increasingly perilous adventures that take them across the English Channel and all the way to Paris. 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 and even think. With the proceeds from his latest invention, Crackpot Whistling Sweets, Commander Caractacus Pott buys his family their first car. Print Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Book 1 (Macmillan Collector's Library)
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