Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car (1964)

With illustrations by John Burningham, except as noted.

Author

Publication History

First Editions

• Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: Adventure Number One. London: Jonathan Cape.
• Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: Adventure Number Two. London: Jonathan Cape.
• Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: Adventure Number Three. London: Jonathan Cape, 1965.
• New York: Random House.

Later British Hardbacks

• London: Puffin, 2008.
• London: Folio Society, 2020. With an afterword by Fergus Fleming.

British Paperbacks

• London: Puffin, 2001.

Later American Hardbacks

• New York: Random House, 2003. With illustrations by Brian Cunliffe.

American Paperbacks

• New York: StarLine, 1968.
• New York: Scholastic, 1969.
• Somerville, MA: Candlewick, 2013.

Reviews

• Booklist, 1 January 1965, p. 435.
• Center for Children's Books Bulletin, January 1965, p. 73.
• Center for Children's Books Bulletin, January 1969, p. 77.
• Childhood Education, January 1966, p. 316.
• Melvin Maddocks, “The Whompers Are for Real,” Christian Science Monitor, 5 November 1964, p. B5.
• Grade Teacher, March 1965, p. 23.
• Paul Heins, Horn Book, April 1965, p. 167.
• Instructor, April 1965, p. 19.
• Eric Moon, Library Journal, 15 November 1964, p. 4646.
• Catherine Storr, New Statesman, 12 November 1971, p. 662.
• M. S. Libby, New York Herald Tribune, 7 February 1965, Book Week, p. 8.
• Rex Stout, “Ages 9 to 12: Stories Past and Present,” New York Times Book Review, 1 November 1964, p. 2/34.
• Philip H. Dougherty, “Chitty-Chitty Pop-Pop,” New York Times Book Review, 3 November 1968, p. 2/59.
• Publishers Weekly, 14 October 1968, p. 68.
• Marjorie D. Lowrie, Punch 247 (1964), p. 858.
• Alice Dalgliesh, Saturday Review, 7 November 1964, p. 53.
• Times, 14 December 1968, p. 21d.
• “Within Limits: Fantasy for First Readers,” Times Literary Supplement, 26 November 1964, p. 1065.
• “Fun, Magic and Mystery: Beyond the Age of Picture Books,” Times Literary Supplement, 17 June 1965, p. 511.