Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Magical Car

By: Ian Fleming

Narrated by: David Tennant

"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's taking the Potts with her. Jump into theworld's most loved magical car for her first adventure.

Includes an interview with David Tennant.

©1964, 1965 Ian Fleming Publications Ltd (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great story

Firstly, Love the story, i do think in parts it could use a bit LESS detail.
Other than that i have no problem with to story.

Now for the performance, i LOVE it when David Tennet narrates, i have listened to the how to train your dragons series where David is the narrator and having David as a narrator just fit so well with the voices and story of chitty chitty bang bang.

Overall, i Really liked it. I can fall asleep to it easily, it is great for trips, and i think all ages will enjoy this as it has action, adventure, and its just a great story overall.

I highly recommend this audiobook if you have kids or just if your bored. It is great for all ages and i really enjoyed listening to it with my kids, they enjoyed just as much as i did.

What a wonderful ride!

Any additional comments?

This was a wonderful story and well narrated. My 6-year old thoroughly enjoyed listening to this story during our morning commute - he was riveted and I enjoyed it to. So many funny and surprising moments.

Delightful story and narration

I grew up with the Disney version of this story; I had no idea that the original novella was written by the author of the James Bond novels, Ian Fleming. Fleming initially created it as a bedtime story for his son Caspar, and wrote it down (in longhand, as his doctors had forbidden him a typewriter) whilst recuperating in the hospital after a heart attack. Sadly, Fleming did not live to see the book published, having suffered a second heart attack in August 1964.

The book and movie begin the same way: eccentric inventor Caracticus “Crack” Pott, having come into a windfall after selling one of his inventions, uses some of the money to buy and restore a 1920’s era race car. His children, twins Jeremy and Jemima, declare it the most beautiful car in the world, and christen it “Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang,”after the distinctive noises it makes when starting up. They believe the car to be magical.

When the car is up and running, Pott uses it to take his wife and children on a picnic to the seashore (wife Mimzy is absent from the movie version, in which Pott is portrayed as a widower).

What happens next is where the book and movie diverge. I won’t spoil the plot by giving any details; suffice it to say that the children’s opinion of the car is justified.

David Tennant’s narration is marvelous, as usual. I can imagine him telling stories like this one to his own children (of which he has 5 in real life).

Fun and entertaining

Not a huge story line to this book but it is fun and as always David Tennant delivers a terrific performance.

A classic!

If you could sum up Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in three words, what would they be?

Classic clean fun

What did you like best about this story?

First, I love anything read by David Tennant. Second, it's just such a classic story. My six-year-old loved listening to this book. She's a tomboy and loves anything about cars. But having it read by David Tennant makes it even better.

What about David Tennant’s performance did you like?

He's a phenomenal reader. His accent is to die for. I could listen to him for hours. He's at his best in the "How to Train Your Dragon" series. I'd listen to the entire series again just b/c of him.