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The Spiderwick Chronicles (Boxed Set): The Field Guide; The Seeing Stone; Lucinda's Secret; The Ironwood Tree; The Wrath of Mulgrath

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The Spiderwick Chronicles (Boxed Set): The Field Guide; The Seeing Stone; Lucinda's Secret; The Ironwood Tree; The Wrath of Mulgrath

by Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
Illustrator: Tony DiTerlizzi

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | September 21, 2004 | Paper over Board

It all started with a mysterious letter left at a tiny bookstore for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Its closing lines: "We just want people to know about this. The stuff that has happened to us could happen to anyone." Little could they imagine the remarkable adventure that awaited them as they followed Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace and a strange old book into a world filled with elves, goblins, dwarves, trolls, and a fantastical menagerie of other creatures. The oddest part is in entering that world, they didn''t leave this one!

Five captivating books!

One thrilling adventure!

The Spiderwick Chronicles

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    Rating: 5/5

    Dance among the musical little creatures....

    Katherine McLean

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    5 years ago

    Spiderwick is a delightful little book about fairies. Not Tinkerbell and other happy creatures, but the real kind that live in everyone's garden. Bogart's and brownies and elves and the rest as well, and not all of them are helpful or particularly happy.
    This book is a wonderful pick for reluctant readers, especially older children who don't want to be patronized. The read itself isn't overly difficult, and scattered throughout are pictures, describing various scenes from the book. The pictures however are so detailed that they add visuals to the story and are stylistic without being childish. Little to no space is used to describe landscapes or appearances of creatures or characters because "a picture is worth a thousand words." By using pictures the story moves much quicker and cuts out much of the descriptive filler that can make other titles more tedious for reluctant readers.
    A beautiful series all around. If you get through this one and want something along similar lines, please check out the other books I've recommended below.

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    Antonio Siracusa

    I'm looking forward to this series. I find books so much more entertaining than the movies adaptations. Definitely on my to get list!

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    lisa

    Rating: 5/5

    The Spiderwick Chronicles

    lisa

    6 years ago

    This 5 book series was so interesting and enjoyable for my son and I to read that he is begging for more......

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    Jerome

    Rating: 5/5

    Spiderwick

    Jerome

    7 years ago

    These books rocked my world

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From the Publisher

It all started with a mysterious letter left at a tiny bookstore for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Its closing lines: "We just want people to know about this. The stuff that has happened to us could happen to anyone." Little could they imagine the remarkable adventure that awaited them as they followed Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace and a strange old book into a world filled with elves, goblins, dwarves, trolls, and a fantastical menagerie of other creatures. The oddest part is in entering that world, they didn''t leave this one!

Five captivating books!

One thrilling adventure!

The Spiderwick Chronicles

About the Author

Author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi was born in Los Angeles, California in 1969. He received a degree in graphic design from the Florida School of the Arts and the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in 1992. He spent six years working as a freelancer for TSR, the publisher of Dungeons and Dragons. His first picture book, Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-this-World Moon Pie Adventure was published in 2000. He won the University of Chicago's Zena Sutherland Book Award for Ted and a Caldecott Honor in 2003 for The Spider and the Fly. He has written and illustrated numerous books including G is for One Gzonk! and Kenny and the Dragon. He met author Holly Black during a magazine interview on his work for Dungeons and Dragons. Together, they created two series: The Spiderwick Chronicles and Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles. In 2008, a live action adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles was made by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.

Paper over Board

672 Pages, 4.5 x 6.75 x 3.03 in

September 21, 2004

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

English


0689040342
9780689040344

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New York Times Book Review With their evocative gothic-style pencil drawings and color illustrations, rhyming riddles, supernatural lore, and well-drawn characters, these books read like old-fashioned ripping yarns.

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