Book Review: The Spiderwick Chronicles - The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black | Series no. 01

The Spiderwick Chronicles Front Cover

Title: The Spiderwick Chronicles - The Field Guide
Author: Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black
Book Series No. 01
ISBN: 0439597404
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Publication Date: May 01, 2003
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Genre: Children's Literature, Fantasy
Suitable Age: 7 and up





Characters:
- Jared Grace
- Simon Grace
- Mallory Grace
- Helen Grace
- Thimbletack


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The Spiderwick Chronicles - The Field Guide back cover

The Spiderwick Chronicles - The Field Guide book spine

The Spiderwick Chronicles - The Field Guide title page

The Spiderwick Chronicles - The Field Guide sample page

Map of Spiderwick Estate

The Spiderwick Chronicles - The Field Guide Summary

* contains spoiler; you may skip til the end of the summary

The Grace family has just moved to The Spiderwick estate. The house they're moving in belongs to their Aunt named Lucinda. With the grim look of their Aunt Lucinda's house, siblings expected something worst. Worse than the worst look of Aunt Lucinda's house.

The Grace siblings Jared, Simon & Mallory starts their fantastical adventure upon their discovery of the Field Guide. The Field Guide they've found is a book about fairies written by their relative Uncle named Arthur Spiderwick. Jared, who found the book from the secret passage of their house, decided keep it. Not knowing the consequence of keeping the Field Guide, the siblings have experienced strange happenings in their house. But with Jared reading the Field Guide, he uncovers the truth behind the strange happenings.

At the end of the book, they meet Thimbletack upon revisiting the room where Jared found The Field Guide.

* spoiler ends here. End of Summary.

After finishing the story, you will be surprised with more illustrations. Illustration of creatures in the next The Spiderwick Chronicles book 2 - The Seeing Stone (see below):

Creatures you'll find in the next The Spiderwick Chronicles book 2

I've read children's book before, like A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Strange Library. But I never read kid's story book, the one with cartoonish illustration by Disney. I think the style of this book can be compared to A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The physical binding and unique strangeness of the story. It's like it's not just a kid's read but also an adult read.

I fancy the extra illustration of the book. It'll help young readers with their imagination about what's happening in the story. For parents who read story book with their kids before bedtime, I highly recommend this book. This book is an easy read and the illustration in some pages is a great companion for you to easily explain what's what with your children.

I'm giving this book a good rating of: 4.0 / 5.0

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Otakore Literantadodist
November 02, 2015

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Reference:

• The Spiderwick Chronicles, wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spiderwick_Chronicles
• Goodreads user review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1408012349