The Book That Became The Iron Giant

Sometimes connecting the dots between creative industries leads to some intriguing discoveries. For example, did you know that the 1999 Warner Bros. cult classic animated film The Iron Giant, directed by Brad Bird, was actually loosely based on a 1968 children’s novel written by British author and editor Ted Hughes, the poet Sylvia Plath’s widower? “Loosely” is a key word here.

Ted Hughes’s The Iron Man is a lighthearted science fiction novel that’s palatable for children while still offering...