The Spiderwick Chronicles #1: The Field Guide

by Black

The Grace children discover the faerie world is closer than you think in this repackage of the first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles.

After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they've just moved into, Jared; his twin brother, Simon; and their older sister, Mallory, discover that there's a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to our own--the world of faerie.

The Grace children want to share their story, but the faeries will do everything possible to stop them...

In honor of the tenth anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles series, which has more than 12 million copies in print worldwide, this edition of The Field Guide features a larger trim size and an original cover with all-new art from Tony DiTerlizzi.

• ISBN10: 0689859368
• ISBN13: 9780689859366
• Publish Date: 1 May 2003
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 128
• Language: English

Reviews

[Amber (The Literary Phoenix)]

This was such a quick read, it was finished before I had time to really get settled! I don't read a lot of short children's book and this was the first I had done by audio. Mark Hamill is a fantastic narrator, and the book is interesting.

The Field Guide is definitely just setting you up for more to come, and even though they're children books... I'd like to see a little more plot in book 2.

[nitzan_schwarz]

I can't remember what I thought of this book - I read it so long ago!
I think I liked it?... I remember nearly going out of my mind when the library didn't have the last one, anyway...

[angelarenea9]

I've been meaning to read thes books for a while now and was a little surprised to find how low of a reading level it was. That is not to say that I didn't enjoy it I just did not expect it. It was a really nice book. I did have to feel a bit bad for the children and how their mother acted.

[sstaley]

We just read this, as a family, while camping. We gathered our kids and the kids of the family we were camping with and read and roasted marshmallows. The kids loved sitting there, all of us taking turns, reading the book. I made a blunder and saw the movie before reading the books. Of course, the books are better, and my kids even agreed with me that they liked the book better. Now they want us to read the rest of the books.

[empressbrooke]

I reserved this at the library after seeing previews for the movie; from the things I'd heard about it, I'd expected it to be the next Harry Potter. I was surprised when I picked up a tiny little hardback of 100 pages - this is definitely a story for young readers.

That didn't stop me from reading it; it's a charming little book that I'd definitely start my future kids on when they're too young to enjoy the depth of the Harry Potter series.