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The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights is a 1968 novel written by Ted Hughes and illustrated by Andrew Davidson. Described by some as a modern fairy tale and others as science fiction, it describes the unexpected arrival in England of a giant "metal man" of unknown origin who rains destruction on the countryside by attacking industrial farm equipment, before befriending a small boy and defending the world from an apparent dragon from outer space. Expanding the narrative beyond a... full article at wikipedia
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  • 0571226124
1997
  • 9780140866735
1985
  • 9780571136773
1989
  • 9780571141494
2005
  • 9780571226122
1971
  • 0571082475
1985
  • 0571141498
1968
  • 9780571136759
2001
  • 9780571207619
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