The Iron Man
Ted Hughes author Laura Carlin illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
Published:1st Nov '10
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A stunning, new, limited edition version of a much-loved children's classic.
Part modern fairy tale, part science fiction myth, The Iron Man describes the unexpected arrival in England of a mysterious giant "metal man" who wreaks havoc on the countryside by attacking the neighbouring farms and eating all their machinery. A young boy called Hogarth befriends him and he and the extraordinary being end up defending and saving the earth when it is attacked by a fearsome "space-bat-angel-dragon" from outer space. This children's classic, with its message of peace and hope, is known and loved all over the UK and is here presented as part of an exciting new collaboration between Walker Books and Faber and Faber.
Reckoned one of the greatest of modern fairy tales.
* Observer *Hughes has never written more compellingly. -- Robert Nye * Tim
- Winner of BolognaRagazzi Award 2011 (Italy)
- Winner of V&A Illustration Awards 2012 (UK)
ISBN: 9781406331677
Dimensions: 335mm x 232mm x 40mm
Weight: 1320g
104 pages