We discovered this tale in "The Puffin book of Modern Fairy Tales", where the first three chapters were included. I read this to my two children, 6 and 8, and we all loved it. The wonderful animated movie, The Iron Giant by Brad Bird, 1999 (he went on to direct the Incredibles), was based on this story. Here are the first three chapters - which I totally agree with the editors of the collection I mentioned above - is a great place to stop. Please read it to children at bedtime, in a peaceful…