The Iron Giant (Hardcover)

from ChrisWildman

Can't agree with echobrain who trashes it. Along with the [Tiger's Bones] this has Ted Hughes' unmistakable word power. I agree its top-heavy in that the opening chapter is the best but I have dramatised this work with 5 year olds many times and they find it totally compelling, for all its being ...

from Homeschoolbookreview

A mysterious, fearsome giant, made of iron, walks out of nowhere to the top of a cliff. No one knows where he had come from or how he was made. When he steps off the cliff, he crashes and breaks into a hundred pieces, but over time all the pieces fit themselves back together again. Soon afterward...

from megjwal

Iron Man by Ted Hughes This science fiction story is about a mysterious creature that comes to some farms by the sea. It is a giant machine made of metal. It likes to eat metal things like fences and farm machinery. The farmers are angry with this iron giant until they find a metal scrap yard for...

from bexter1

This adaptation of Ted Hughes's classic, "The Iron Man" was collected along with new illustrations by Laura Carlin. This is one of the most wonderous features of this edition. Carlin adds not only interesting illustrations, but also alters the layout of the book to be more interactive and help ex...

from ARQuay

British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes's classic novella The Iron Giant has seen a lot of changes and adaptations over the years. It was originally titled The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights, but that was changed in the 1968 American version to avoid confusion with the comic book Iron Man. ...