Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again - Review

This month our book club read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the story of an unusual family, the Tooting family. Mr Tooting loses his job and his company car which was a modern van. He decides to rebuild a camper van from old parts with help from one of his sons, Jem. What the Tooting family doesn't know, is the engine has a mind of its own. What started out as a normal family vacation turned out to be a great adventure. The van takes the family on a scavenger hunt, to the places they never expected, in ways they didn't expect.


Sasha said "I thought that the book was a funny adventure with a great mix of characters and it was very good. I would recommend this book to many people! I loved it!"

The whole book club agreed that the book had a slow start, but we were glad we stuck with it because it turned out to be a great story.

Cooper and Sasha liked Lucy. Jordyn liked the reporter from Car Stupide, the most famous television show in France. However, I liked Little Harry because at unexpected points in the book he would say random stuff, and he was very funny.


These are the discussions questions we used:

• Dad likes announcing his word of the day. What would your word of the day be today?
• If you could travel anywhere in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, where would you go? Why?
• Dad believes that being sacked is an 'opportunity'. What does this mean? What opportunities have you had in your life so far?
• Who was your favorite Tooting family member and why?

Check out these great activities sheets we did at book club. You can also read what the author has to say about the book and series HERE.

To follow more of the Tooting family adventures you can read :

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time 
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon

The Bell Bandit - Review

In June me and my friends read The Bell Bandit

 The book was about Jesse and Evan. They go to their grandmother's house for the holidays. When they got there they saw that her house was burned by fire. While their mom picked up their grandma at the hospital, as they were waiting they noticed the bell was missing.
Clearly there has been a crime. Grandma is heart broken when she realizes the bell is missing. She thinks Evan did it because she is having trouble with her memory. She dos not remembering the kids but remembers her daughter, their mom.
Jesse decides to look for the New Years Eve bell. She teams up with Maxwell, a friend who lives near their grandmother, to solve the mystery.

Ava's favorite part was at an old tepee that they built last summer. There grandma thought it was a bus stop.This part was funny and it was sad.

Grace liked the part where grandma goes missing because it is full of suspense.

Cooper liked when Jesse and Evan do a scavenger hunt.

Jordyn enjoye when Jesse and Maxwell were spying on 2 mean neighborhood boys. When Evan came to find them they got into a big fight with the boys. It was a happy part because they saved the frog

This series would definitely be liked by boys and girls. All of us girls liked it and Grace knows a boy in her class that is reading it and he liked it.

You will be surprised at who has the bell.

If you enjoyed The Lemonade War Series as much as me and my friends did check out the books' website.