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The Iron Man

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The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, and Tom Gauld

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By Ted Hughes, and and, Tom Gauld

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A beautiful new edition of The Iron Man, the bestselling classic by Ted Hughes, with the stunning original wood engravings from Andrew Davidson.

The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff.
Where had he come from? Nobody knows.
How was he made? Nobody knows.

Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the world.

‘Gripping . . a classic.’ Phillip Pullman
‘A visionary tale.’ Michael Morpurgo
‘One of the greatest of modern fairy tales.’ Observer

Reviews

29 Aug 2024

it kept you on your toes so you did not know what was coming and it was a nice quick and easy read.

08 Aug 2024

The reason I gave this book a four is because if I was just walking in a library and saw this book it would look a bit gloomy however I read the blurb and it sounded good so I read it, it was fiction I would recommend this book

31 Jul 2024

Ted Hughes The iron man is a children science fiction novel first pubilshed in 1968 the Book is also known in the united states as the iron Giant If fells the story of a mysterious metal robot who arrives on earth and befriends a young boys named Hogarth the novel explores themes of fear understading and relonciliation

05 Sep 2023

In this book I like Iron Man as he is the Hero who saves the world from a furious dragon. The introduction of iron man in this book is so much interesting, the author has put that in such a way to attract the interest of the readers. It is very interesting book which I can recommend to my friends.

04 Aug 2023

I really enjoyed how the iron man dangled chains into his mouth like spaghetti.

23 Jul 2023

Nice book I like the fight between the space bat angel dragon and iron man

17 Jul 2023

I didn’t know what was going to happen because you couldn’t guess. Some strange things happened

13 Jul 2023

super boring a thumbs down from me

05 Jan 2023

I liked the bit where the iron man got dug up and the dragon

30 Dec 2022

This is a brilliant book I love it so cool

09 Aug 2022

I thought this book was an average book it wasn’t that interesting as it was not very descriptive.I have read an action book with some boring characters and some Amazing characters.This book was fiction and my absolute favourite character was The dragon eagle.I would recommend this book for kids the age from 5-8.

03 Aug 2022

Classic novel with some deep themes. Beautiful description and contrast between 2 major characters.

01 Aug 2022

I enjoyed reading this book and I didn’t mind that it didn’t have lots of pictures. I like chapter books. My favourite character was the dragon. My favourite part was when the tiniest star was growing into the most colossal star. I would recommend this book.

31 Jul 2022

I like the creativity of Ted Hughes.
My favourite character was Hogarth because he is kind, smart and determine.

10 Jul 2022

nice book and a good book for kids who have a wild imagination weird ending

08 Jul 2022

I loved this book because it's between a humongous space bat angel dragon and a tree-sized Iron man

25 Jun 2022

I liked this book because it has many twists and turns . At the end real danger comes .

03 Feb 2022

I really like this book and I want to read the other book

04 Sep 2021

good

02 Sep 2021

I enjoyed it because these people were having a picnic on a hill and the hill split because it was the iron man’s hill. The food went down the crack and they all ran. He he!!

22 Aug 2021

A huge robot made of metal the size of a house reconstructions himself . In the beginning he was disliked by humans because he ate the farmers machinery. They found a solution to iron mans eating habits . Ironman goes on to save the humans.

19 Aug 2021

I think it is a amazing story because Iron Man can withstand heat. My favourite character in the book is Iron Man because he is unpredictable. I would recommend this book to everyone who loves surprises.

13 Aug 2021

I really enjoyed this book. It was very exciting a d the first chapter is full of tension. I looked forward to reading each night!

13 Aug 2021

great book but would not recommend .

14 Apr 2021

Awesome adventure

26 Feb 2021

wow he starts tumbling down a cliff and then his various parts get up and look for each other the thrill please 5 stars

23 Dec 2020

I like this book so creepy makes you use your imagination yes I eould say to rad this book

01 Dec 2020

This is a interesting book. I really like it

16 Oct 2020

I didn't like this book much but I had to read it because I was learning about it in class.

14 Sep 2020

An iron man walk the earth until he started eating farm equipment and got stuck in a trap! The Iron Man got out and became friends with a boy and then lives in a scrap yard. Suddenly something as big as Austraila how will Iron man get rid of it.

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