Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
It all began with a strange, mysterious correspondence left for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black at a small New England bookstore. Written by three siblings, the letter told of their great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick and an unfinished tome filled with eyewitness accounts of creatures otherwise thought to be the stuff of legend. In the Spiderwick Chronicles, readers were enthralled by the account of the those siblings, Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace, as they battled dwarves, goblins, elves, and a diabolical ogre in their efforts to hold on to their uncle Spiderwick,s life work. Now, through the combined efforts of the Grace children and authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, Simon & Schuster is thrilled to present that work to you!
Beginning with a thoughtful and informative introduction, progressing through six exhaustive sections featuring thirty-one faerie species, and culminating with an addendum that includes observations supplied by Jared Grace, this long-awaited compendium to the worldwide Spiderwick phenomenon delivers enough information to satisfy even the most demanding faerie enthusiast. Not only will readers learn the habits and habitats of the fourteen fantastical creatures featured in the chapter books, but they will be delighted and astonished by an additional seventeen creatures. Also included are dozens of snippets from Arthur Spiderwick's personal journal as well as cameos from a few series favorites.
With so much to offer, this book is destined to be pored over for generations to come!
Note: The age classification of this book relates to reading level, not to the suitability of the content.
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About the Spiderwick Chronicles Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Field Guide(2003)
- 2.The Seeing Stone(2003)
- 3.Lucinda's Secret(2003)
- 4.The Ironwood Tree(2004)
- 5.The Wrath of Mulgarath(2004)
- +A Grand Tour of the Enchanted World, Navigated by Thimbletack(2007)
- +Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You(2005)
- +Care and Feeding of Sprites(2006)
- +Notebook for Fantastical Observations(2005)
Reading age: 7+ years
This series should be read in order.
Five captivating books! One thrilling adventure!
The Grace children—nine-year-old twins, Jared and Simon, and their thirteen-year-old sister, Mallory—move with their mother into their uncle's decrepit house, 'Spiderwick Estate'. Soon the children encounter mysterious goings on: Mallory’s hair gets mysteriously knotted to the headboard of her bed; Simon’s tadpoles are frozen into an ice-cube tray. The house and yard are teeming with faeries, ogres, brownies, griffins, trolls and goblins!
The children discover an ancient hand-written book with information on faeries, hidden inside a chest in the attic, and befriend an excitable brownie named Thimbletack. So starts their magical adventure in a world of creatures they never knew existed!