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: Great Value!
Summary: 5 Stars
Confession Time: I had never heard of Spiderwick until we saw commercials for the movie. I decided it would be a good pull to increase my daughters reading - she is on the Autism spectrum, and her reading interests are usually higher than her reading ability, she becomes discouraged and the book collects dust. I purchased the set with the agreement that only after we finished the books we'd go to see the movie.
We just got our set and I was so pleased to see that each book is hardcover and so beautiful in appearance. In the past we've ordered sets marked as hardcover and in fact they were talking about the box they are stored in :P. Last night we began reading, forgot about the TV and found ourselves halfway through the first book in no time at all. Even her 3yr old sister came in to listen. This morning while her baby sister watched TV - my older daughter was exploring the books, reading and looking through the pictures. They are a hit.
Now for the Great Value part. I called our local big chain book store (so I didn't have to wait for them in the mail) it was 67+ for this set . I couldn't believe it. I ordered it from Amazon expecting to wait a week or so to get it. With free shipping it was here in just a few days. I love a great price with great value!
Book Review: Awesome series
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book series for kids - especially boys. This is the second set I have bought, and I bought it to give to my son's school library! Book Review: Great Storyline
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the series for my 5 year after receiving a free one in a cereal box. He loves listening to the story and I love how it is broken down into different smaller books. The characters really spark his imagination.Book Review: Beautiful Books
Summary: 5 Stars
These are very good childrens books with such great artwork. The stories are nicely scary and gross for kids who are into that sort of thing, without going overboard. As a parent you may want to read these first to see if your children can handle them. They are geared a bit towards younger children (not young adult) but deal with 'heavy' topics like divorce and feature quite a lot of violence. This is my little girl's favorite series so far and each book is well worn and ragged already. It helps that she has identical twin cousins who look just like the illustrations in the book.Book Review: Inspired my 5 year old to LOVE reading
Summary: 5 Stars
I was apprehensive about reading these books to my 5 year old kindergartner, thinking he was too young, but he LOVED the books. Like other parents, I glossed over the divorce issues and substituted other words for the questionable language, but it was no big deal. He had a slight comprehension issue in some areas, but I either paraphrased or provided supporting explanations. We finished all five books, saw the movie (which really confused him since it omits so much from the story), and now he keeps asking for "new spiderwick" books. I think I will try the moongobble series based on another parent's review that I read. After reading Spiderwick, my son insists on reading himself to sleep everynight, and his teachers noted how much more attentive he is at story time. Sometimes it just takes one book to turn the light on, and Spiderwick did the trick for my son.