![]() ![]() Several years ago, Cottrell Boyce had been contacted by the Fleming family and asked to pen a sequel. “The story really starts with the three new Chitty sequels by Frank Cottrell Boyce,” said Hilary Van Dusen, senior editor at Candlewick. Now, 50 years later, comes a special anniversary edition of the book from Candlewick, featuring the original illustrations by John Burningham. Sadly, Fleming, who suffered from heart disease, died just two months shy of the title’s October 1964 release. The story of a family’s adventures in a flying car is one that Fleming had often told his son Caspar at bedtime a friend had suggested that the author craft the tale into a book while he was recuperating following a heart attack. ![]() Ian Fleming, the British author of the bestselling James Bond spy novels, was already a literary superstar when his first and only novel for children, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, was published in 1964. ![]()
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