Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Two children persuade their father, an inventor, to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.

Main Author: Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964.
Other Authors: Sachs, Andrew.
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Language: English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Listening Library, 2003.
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Summary: Two children persuade their father, an inventor, to purchase and restore an old car which turns out to have magical powers.
Item Description: Downloadable audio file.
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Unabridged.
Duration: 2:19:23.
Playing Time: 02:19:23
Format: Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 33384 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience: For ages 9-12.
ISBN: 9780739349670
0739349678
Author Notes: Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on May 28, 1908, in London, England. He attended Eton College and then the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He left there after a year to go study languages in Munich and Geneva.

Fleming served as the Moscow correspondent for the Reuters News Agency from 1929 till 1933. he then became a banker and a stockholder in London until the beginning of World War II. When the war began, Fleming became the personal assistant to the Director of British Naval Intelligence, where he learned most of his espionage terms. When the war was over, he worked as the foreign manager of The Sunday Times in London.

Fleming wrote twelve James Bond novels, nearly all of which were made into Motion Pictures. His works included: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, and For Your eyes Only. He of died of a heart attack on August 12, 1964.

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