Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / Ian Fleming / 155 pages / Vintage Children's Literature Challenge

"Only Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, could have dreamed up this marvelous 'mobile, its enterprising owners, and a series of adventures that rival those of 007 himself.  When resourceful inventor Caractacus Potts saves the enormous green roadster from the scrap heap, it doesn't take long for his family to realize they have a pretty amazing auto."  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang speeds, flies, floats, thinks, communicates, and repeatedly saves the day.  The twins knew she was special when her registration tag read Gen11, or genii.