Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You (Spiderwick Chronicles)

it All Began With A Strange, Mysterious Correspondence Left For Authors Tony Diterlizzi And Holly Black At A Small New England Bookstore. Written By Three Siblings, The Letter Told Of Their Great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick And An Unfinished Tome Filled With Eyewitness Accounts Of Creatures Otherwise Thought To Be The Stuff Of Legend. In The #1 new York Times Bestselling Serial The Spiderwick Chronicles, Readers Were Enthralled By The Account Of The Those Siblings, Jared, Simon, And Mallory Grace, As They Battled Dwarves, Goblins, Elves, And A Diabolical Ogre In Their Efforts To Hold On To Their Uncle Spiderwick,s Life Work. Now, Through The Combined Efforts Of The Grace Children And Authors Tony Diterlizzi And Holly Black, Simon & Schuster Is Thrilled To Present That Work To You! beginning With A Thoughtful And Informative Introduction, Progressing Through Six Exhaustive Sections Featuring Thirty-one Faerie Species, And Culminating With An Addendum That Includes Observations Supplied By Jared Grace, This Long-awaited Compendium To The Worldwide Spiderwick Phenomenon Delivers Enough Information To Satisfy Even The Most Demanding Faerie Enthusiast. Not Only Will Readers Learn The Habits And Habitats Of The Fourteen Fantastical Creatures Featured In The new York Times, Usa Today, And publishers Weekly Bestselling Chapter Books, But They Will Be Delighted And Astonished By An Additional Seventeen Creatures. Also Included Are Dozens Of Snippets From Arthur Spiderwick,s Personal Journal As Well As Cameos From A Few Series Favorites. with So Much To Offer, This Book Is Destined To Be Pored Over For Generations To Come! www.spiderwick.com publishers Weekly fans Will Welcome New Additions To Favorite Series. Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide To The Fantastical World Around You Accurately Restored And Described By Tony Diterlizzi And Holly Black Includes Many Of The Beliefs Upon Which The Spiderwick Chronicles Are Based, On Parchment-like Pages That Resemble An Authentic Scientific Journal. Devoted Readers Will Delight In The Statement, It Should Be Noted That The Color Red Is Protective, But Faeries Do Not Like The Color And Will Shy Away From It, For Instance, As Part Of Spiderwick's List Of Equipment And Protection. Handwritten Notes And Abundant Drawings Bring To Life A Scientific Classification System For Brownies (family: Homunculidae), Pixies, Griffins And The Like. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. It all began with a strange, mysterious correspondence left for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black at a small New England bookstore. Written by three siblings, the letter told of their great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick and an unfinished tome filled with eyewitness accounts of creatures otherwise thought to be the stuff of legend. In the #1 New York Times bestselling serial the Spiderwick Chronicles, readers were enthralled by the account of the those siblings, Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace, as they battled dwarves, goblins, elves, and a diabolical ogre in their efforts to hold on to their uncle Spiderwick,s life work. Now, through the combined efforts of the Grace children and authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, Simon & Schuster is thrilled to present that work to you! Beginning with a thoughtful and informative introduction, progressing through six exhaustive sections featuring thirty-one faerie species, and culminating with an addendum that includes observations supplied by Jared Grace, this long-awaited compendium to the worldwide Spiderwick phenomenon delivers enough information to satisfy even the most demanding faerie enthusiast. Not only will readers learn the habits and habitats of the fourteen fantastical creatures featured in the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling chapter books, but they will be delighted and astonished by an additional seventeen creatures. Also included are dozens of snippets from Arthur Spiderwick,s personal journal as well as cameos from a few series favorites. With so much to offer, this book is destined to be pored over for generations to come! Overview: It all began with a strange, mysterious correspondence left for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black at a small New England bookstore. Written by three siblings, the letter told of their great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick and an unfinished tome filled with eyewitness accounts of creatures otherwise thought to be the stuff of legend. In the #1 New York Times bestselling serial the Spiderwick Chronicles, readers were enthralled by the account of the those siblings, Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace, as they battled dwarves, goblins, elves, and a diabolical ogre in their efforts to hold on to their uncle Spiderwick,s life work. Now, through the combined efforts of the Grace children and authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, Simon & Schuster is thrilled to present that work to you! Meet the boggarts, changelings, pixies, goblins and other creatures of Arthur Spiderwick's magical, fantastical world. From clever and informative introductory sections explaining essential preparations for your own faerie investigations and faerie world basics, to 6 exhaustive sections featuring 31 fabulous faerie species, to an addendum created by Jared Grace, the long-awaited companion to the Spiderwick Chronicles is sure to please any fan of the popular series.-- (Source of description not identified) Letter from Arthur Spiderwick Foreword by Toni DiTerlizzi Invisible world Sight Equipment and protection List of plates Around the house and yard In fields and forests In lakes, streams and the sea In the hills and mountains In the sky Outside at night Addeddum by jared Grace For further reading.