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
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Book Reviews of The Spiderwick Chronicles (Boxed Set): The Field Guide; The Seeing Stone; Lucinda's Secret; The Ironwood Tree; The Wrath of Mulgrath
Book Review: Amazing!
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this series to my nearly seven year old son. He couldn't wait to get to bed and hear the next installment! We read through this quickly, since we were both quite taken in with the magic of this series. I didn't think he was quite ready for books such as Harry Potter and this was a perfect choice for the slightly younger child you enjoys this type of fantasy read.Book Review: Decent Kid's Books
Summary: 4 Stars
Not bad for kid's books, but a little lacking... each book is more like a chapter (I read the entire series in two hours). Great for kids who aren't into reading, but the layout and set-up of the book was a little strange. I felt like I was reading a picture book, and while the illustrations were well-done, they were a little distracting. It certianly wouldn't have interested me at twelve (and maybe not even at nine), but for younger kids it's a fun fantasy adventure.Book Review: What a pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars
The little books were very easily written and amazing to read. Each chapter took me more into the mystery world that is around the children. I will tell all my friends to read it!Book Review: Spiderwick review
Summary: 1 Stars
My daughter enjoyed reading these books. They arrived in a timely manner as well as excellent condition.Book Review: It's the Real World, Silly
Summary: 5 Stars
The Spiderwick Chronicles blew through our house inside a few weeks.Our daughter read the lovely, beautifully illustrated little chapter books and sent them straight back to the library. She didn't want to keep other kids from the fun, and she knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of a waiting list.
To be sure, the books about the three Grace children and their mother as they settle into life in the fairy infested ancestral home are a quick read. They are eminently believable and delightful. Following her divorce, the children's mother moves them to the country--specifically to a Brownie-infested home of Great Aunt....
The children encounter every type of fairy being--good, bad, selfish, mood, you name it--and the selfishness engendered by their possession of The Field Guide.
My daughter, who is nine and loves the books because they validate a reality everyone else denies, says the fairies like keeping to themselves--dwarves with dwarves, brownies with brownies, sprites with sprites, and so on--and the circulation of the field guide means others will have information they don't want to share. Privacy and integrity are at stake. How will the Grace children handle this? Will they respect the fairies? Can they understand? This is the point of the story, as far as my daughter is concerned.
Her words: "They show a world most people think is fantasy, but it's not."
A house brownie visited us for a while and then he moved along. While he was here, he left us with gummy bears and rhyming notes and missing books. My daughter and her friends made him forts and a house and asked him to come out.
Have a look at these books. See how real they are.
They promised not to hurt him, theytold him in a note.
A promise not to hurt. That little note struck me as the heart of Spiderwick. The Grace children are hurt by life; their uncle's strange legacy leads them through the strange maze of the adult world, even if it looks an awful lot like the fairy world.
Ultimately, the kids go home with their mom. They learn that some people are blatantly selfish. Others are foolish. Still other are mean. But then there's the Brownie who means well despite himself. And there's mom, who really does understand.
Perhaps the greatest value of Spiderwick is its brevity, what it doesn't say, where it doesn't go, what it leaves open so young readers can fill in the blanks.
We're going to see the movie tomorrow. I hope it lives up to my daughter's imagination.