The Iron Man by Ted HughesThe Iron Man: A Children’s Story In Five nights by Ted Hughes does indeed consist of five chapters; designed to be read a chapter per day, although some children may find it difficult to wait a whole day to hear more of this exciting story.Set in a rural town, a town where a small boy called Hogarth goes fishing in the local stream only to come across an Iron Man. He forms a relationship with the Iron Man and he must save him from the adults. The fact that when he does

(Read for book club - 13/07/2013)“Haven’t you heard of the music of the spheres?” asked the dragon. “It’s the music that space makes to itself. All the spirits inside all the stars are singing. I’m a star spirit. I sing too. The music of the spheres is what makes space so peaceful.” I suppose the only way I could start this review would be by saying that approximately thirteen years ago a small, likely annoying girl of four's heart was torn apart by the ending scene of Brad Bird's The Iron Giant...

A modern day fairy tale.This book is special to me-It was a birthday gift from someone special and it gives me hope, its really short and sweet.

I bought this book based purely on how much I loved Brad Bird's movie adaptation, The Iron Giant. And I think the excellence of the film completely overshadowed this book in my readings.Hughes has a simple, lyrical style that works for younger readers. And he divides the chapters into episodes to make it easily digestible. However, the story itself has no real depth of character, and prefers to stay detached in describing the realm of the fantastic. We never really see Hogarth and the Giant beco...

Doesn't have a whole lot to do with the animated movie - which I love, and if you haven't seen it then you should check it out right now - but it's a pretty entertaining read on its own.

Wishlist | Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest I chose to read The Iron Man by Ted Hughes as part of my Potions prompt for my OWLs Readathon in April. I am very glad I picked it up, because it was such a pleasant short read. This is a Children's book about a little boy an an iron man. The Iron Man starts eating all the metal in the town, and the concerned town members capture him. But when a bigger danger comes around, the might need the help of the Iron Man after all. The book was...

The Iron Man is the inspiration for the animated movie The Iron Giant. The movie adds tons of details and depths to the characters and is definitely superior to the book, but the book is fun and pretty good in its own right. It has got a certain quality that will make almost every child fall in love with the book.

Whilst The Iron Man is a wonderfully descriptive and poetic story (there is a real sense of rhythm to Hughes' words which is lovely) the story itself seems to be composed of two separate halves. In the first half, we are introduced to the Iron Man, his fondness for eating anything steel and disrupting the farmers, etc. whilst the second half focuses on him during a test of strength with the space-bat-angel-dragon which has terrified residents and so the Iron Man seeks to make this dragon his sla...

First let me say that I will not accept this as SF. It's a great story, a parable, a fable, a fantasy... but SF would keep track of relative sizes at the very least! And what about all that consumption; where is the matter going?Second, I coulda sworn that I read it before. I know I enjoyed the movie. And of course the movie is very different (though also quite good). But I thought I read the story, and yet almost nothing rings a bell. In any case, this oversized, artistically designed edition g...

My kid picked this out in a bookstore because of the beautiful artwork. The illustrations in this edition are gorgeous.The story is a bit meandering, and there's some equally dated language. But the existential threats presented are great and scary, and the Iron Man is an awesome character. My kid wanted to read it again right after we finished it.

Pa: So you finished your first big book. How are you feeling?Miloš: Proud of myself.Pa: You should be. I'm proud of you too.Miloš: Thanks, Pa.Pa: Sure, so did you ... what did you think of it?Miloš: There was a great author.Pa: Who's that?Miloš: Ted Hughes.Pa: Why's he so great?Miloš: Because I liked the space-bat-angel-dragon.Pa: The what?!Miloš: The space-bat-angel-dragon is what I said, Monsieur.Pa: I thought it was the Iron Giant.Miloš: And the Iron Giant.Pa: So what did the space-bat-angel-...

When you write a review of a kid's book, there really should be a way to give it two different star ratings. One for you, and one for the kids you've read it to. For me, this book might be a three star book. Four if I was feeling generous. I find it wordy and ponderous. Overwrought. The plot is pretty clunky and meh. I don't hate the book or anything, it's just doesn't do much for me. But my boy loves it. He wants me to read it to him over and over again. And again. I think this might be slightl...

I was thrilled when I got this copy of The Iron Man from my husband. I've always loved the movie The Iron Giant, and have it almost memorized in its entirety! I never knew that it was based on a book, nor that it was a book written by Ted Hughes! I shamefully admit that this was my first Ted Hughes book, and although I enjoyed it, it was close to nothing like the movie. That put me off for many reasons, but the biggest being that I was reading it with the movie playing in my head, which was prob...

I suspect few come to this book without having first seen the film adaptation called The Iron Giant, the 1999 Warner Brothers animation directed by Brad Bird and co-written by him.The film is a masterpiece and is also one of my *favourite films, to watch again and again whenever it comes on. The book is wonderful but perhaps not a masterpiece. Let us deal first with the book, because I think it is necessary and pleasurable to return to the film.The charm of the book stems from the central idea o...

An old favourite from childhood. It was about time I gave it a re-read. Still as magical as ever.P.S. - This has nothing whatsoever to do with Tony Stark.My next book: Sword Master vol. 2

The book was as liquid as its animated movie. Kinda reminded me of Bridge to Terabithia. Though the two couldn't be more further apart.The book was a little different from the movie, by little I mean completely. But what a message at the end, wow. What a message. So amazing. Alas if only. Funny thing. It was corrupted by them and yet it ended up curing them all.Oh yeah, if Only. Sigh. But humanity. Sigh. I'd give this one ten stars rating.

"Sit up", he roared. "Sit up and take notice, you great space-lizard!" 😂trigger warnings: fatphobia, fireThis is a classic story repackaged with new artwork from Chris Mould and let me tell you, I ADORED the illustrations. They really made this story for me. Without them, the story would probably be a 2 stars honestly. I've heard the movie adaptation of this is phenomenal so I will definitely have to check it out!Thank you so much to the publisher for sending a copy of this my way!

You know what it's like. You've left your wife, she's killed herself, so you write a story to cheer up the kids. We've all been there.

The Iron Giant is one of our favorite movies, and I remembered from the special features about it that it was inspired by a book by Ted Hughes. For some reason I hadn't ever sought that book out, but in the library the other day we happened to notice this copy of it on the shelf, and I grabbed it immediately.It's clear where Brad Bird got some of the basic ideas for the film version, but the book and film are different enough that they can be regarded as independent entities. As I read the book,...

Probably best known for the 1999 animated movie The Iron Giant, this enjoyable children’s book is a quick fun read.Fans of Brad Bird’s movie might be slightly disappointed that the original story is so different, but the basics are still very much in place.I personally think shorter stories make for better adaptations as there’s plenty of scope to expand a great story.Offered the choice I would likely re-watch the film again, but I could see this being a firm favourite amongst children.