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Tony DiTerlizzi

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in Los Angeles, The United States

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http://www.diterlizzi.com/

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Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Arthur Rackham, Jim Henson, Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien, Maurice Sen ...more

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New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi has been creating children’s books for nearly two decades. From fanciful picture books like The Spider & The Fly (a Caldecott Honor book), to chapter books like Kenny and The Dragon and the WondLa trilogy, DiTerlizzi imbues his stories with a rich imagination. With Holly Black, he created the middle-grade series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold millions of copies, been adapted into a feature film, and has been translated in over thirty countries. He teamed up with Lucasfilm to retell the original Star Wars trilogy as a picture book and his collaboration with acclaimed author Mo Willems created the bestselling The Story of Diva & Flea. The beginning of his st ...more

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Never Abandon Imagination: The Fantastical Art of Tony DiTerlizzi

If you’ve been following me on social media for the past year, you know that in November I celebrated the opening of a retrospective exhibition at The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

To say that the experience was surreal would be an understatement. Having grown up copying Rockwell’s iconic images, it is an amazing experience just to stand in the presence of his original...

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Tony DiTerlizzi’s books

Average rating: 3.94 · 285,515 ratings · 13,777 reviews · 67 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 72,907 ratings — published 2003 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 34,315 ratings — published 2003 — 66 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wrath of Mulgarath by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 31,935 ratings — published 2004 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ironwood Tree by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 31,589 ratings — published 2004 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucinda's Secret by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 29,378 ratings — published 2003 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1-5) by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author) (Author/Illustrator), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 11,712 ratings — published 2004 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 10,566 ratings — published 2009 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nixie's Song (Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author) (Author & Illustrator), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 10,100 ratings — published 2007 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Giant Problem (Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, #2) by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author) (Author & Illustrator), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6,435 ratings — published 2008 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You by Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 5,412 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Tony DiTerlizzi

The Spiderwick Chronicles (5 books)
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Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author),

Holly Black (Goodreads Author)

3.91 avg rating — 215,722 ratings

Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles (3 books)
by

Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author) (Author & Illustrator),

Holly Black (Goodreads Author)

3.80 avg rating — 21,268 ratings

The Search for WondLa (3 books)
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Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author)

4.15 avg rating — 17,331 ratings

The Spiderwick Chronicles - Companion Books (4 books)
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Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author),

Holly Black (Goodreads Author)

4.21 avg rating — 10,118 ratings

Adventure of Meno, Elf of Space (4 books)
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Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author),

Angela DiTerlizzi

3.18 avg rating — 263 ratings

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THE TWELVE GOONEY DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Humor)

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Description: A recollection of Christmas from 1979. This originally appeared in School Library Journal in December, 2010

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Tony DiTerlizzi and 1 other person liked Shirley's review of Realms: The Roleplaying Art of Tony DiTerlizzi: "A must read/see for fantasy art fans. A good overview of my favorite artist Tony Diterrlizzi's history w the gaming industry. Makes me want to reread my changeling the dreaming books just to see the art from a new perspective. Hints of how he got..." Read more of this review »
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Tony DiTerlizzi and 1 other person liked Beau's review of Realms: The Roleplaying Art of Tony DiTerlizzi: "It would be hard to over-praise this book. Gorgeous, full of great art and insightful commentary from DiTerlizzi, friends and collaborators. The only downside to this book is that it isn't the first of a series looking at other gaming superstars, l..." Read more of this review »
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Tony DiTerlizzi has read Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Guillermo’s grimy world is perfectly paired with Kraus’ gruesome text making for a fantastic adventure in an underground kingdom that’s just as dangerous as the trials and tribulations of middle school. I’m never looking underneath my bed again.
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Tony DiTerlizzi rated a book really liked it Damned (Damned, #1) by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Judy Blume + The Breakfast Club + Dante's Inferno = Damned. Its as if Lena Dunham's Hannah (from Girls) went to hell for a holiday. Wickedly good fun.
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Tony DiTerlizzi is now following Tom Angleberger Author of The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1)
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Tony DiTerlizzi made a comment on The Search for a WondLaFul Cover (Part III) " Michelle Elizabeth wrote: "Is there a year set for release?" next summer... "
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Quotes by Tony DiTerlizzi

“Tiny-perhaps." Rovender kept his eyes fixed on the rings. "Insignificant-never, Eva Nine. No living thing is insignificant.”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, The Search for WondLa

tags: insignificance, thought, universe

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“Never abandon imagination”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-This-World Moon-Pie Adventure

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“The real question one should ask when presented with a puzzle is, ‘Should I solve it? Do I really need to know the answer?”
― Tony DiTerlizzi, The Search for WondLa

tags: answer, puzzle, question

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December and January Reads - Since we don't have a selection yet for December read, this poll will have TWO winners! The book with the highest number of votes will be the December read, and the book with the second highest number of votes will be the January read. (If there is a two-way tie, both books will get a month).

Avempartha by Michael J. Sullivan

36 votes, 29.0%

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

19 votes, 15.3%

The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan

16 votes, 12.9%

Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon

14 votes, 11.3%

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

10 votes, 8.1%

The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

7 votes, 5.6%

Son of Avonar by Carol Berg

7 votes, 5.6%

The Stormcaller by Tom Lloyd

6 votes, 4.8%

Green Rider by Kristen Britain

6 votes, 4.8%

Dreams of the Ringed Vale by Robert Fanney

2 votes, 1.6%

The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

1 vote, 0.8%

124 total votes

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