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The Coming of the Iron Man

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Pub Date Oct 21 2025 | Archive Date Oct 30 2025

Faber & Faber | Faber & Faber Childrens Books

Children's Fiction | Middle Grade

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Description

This gorgeous abridged edition brings The Iron Man to a picture book audience for the very first time! A landmark publication.

This gorgeous abridged edition brings The Iron Man to a picture book audience for the very first time! A landmark publication.

The Iron Man isn't scary – he's just very, very hungry... 

It's not until he starts chomping on fence posts and tractors that he comes to the attention of the angry farmers – who trap him in a hole with the help of a little boy called Hogarth.

Then Hogarth comes up with a new plan – it turns out that the scrap yard, with its metal bedsteads, broken down cars and old cookers is the perfect home for a hungry Iron Man.

This gorgeous abridged edition brings The Iron Man to a picture book audience for the very first time! A landmark publication.

This gorgeous abridged edition brings The Iron Man to a picture book...

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Advance Praise

“One of the greatest of modern fairy tales.” —The Observer

“One of the greatest of modern fairy tales.” —The Observer

Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9780571382736
PRICE CA$17.95 (CAD)
PAGES 48

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