|summary=The Tooting family are in terrible trouble. A tiny but very evil villain is trying to steal Chitty, and their attempts to escape have whisked them back in time (landing them, incidentally, right in front of a hungry Tyrannosaurus Rex). What is Chitty up to now?
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You can certainly read this book as a stand-alone, but it's much more fun if you read [[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again]] by the same author. And, obviously, you'll want to go right back to the original [[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming]], if only to see how Chitty's adventures began.