Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car

The hardcover three volumes (first editions)
Author	Ian Fleming
Illustrator	John Burningham
Cover artist	John Burningham
Language	English
Genre	Children's literature
Publisher	Jonathan Cape
Publication date	22 October 1964
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	46 (Volume 1)
OCLC	427190610 (Volume 1)
Followed by	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car is a children's novel written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham. It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London.

Fleming, better known as the creator of James Bond, took his inspiration for the subject from a series of aero-engined racing cars called "Chitty Bang Bang", built by Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s at Higham Park. Fleming had known Higham Park as a guest of its later owner, Walter Whigham, chairman of Robert Fleming & Co. It was the last book he wrote and he did not live to see it published.

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was loosely adapted as a 1968 film of the same name with a screenplay by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes; a subsequent novelisation was also published. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli, co-producer of the James Bond film series. The story was also adapted as a stage musical under the same name. In April 2011 a BBC Radio 4 Extra adaptation was broadcast with Imogen Stubbs as the voice of Chitty. Three sequels to Fleming's book have been published, all written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce.