The Field Guide

The Spiderwick Chronicles #1

by Tony DiTerlizzi (Author & Illustrator), Holly Black

After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they’ve just moved into, Jared; his twin brother, Simon; and their older sister, Mallory, discover that there’s a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to our own—the world of faerie. The Grace children want to share their story, but the faeries will do everything possible to stop them...

Genres: Fantasy, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fiction, Young Adult, Adventure, Magic

114 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

#1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, Tony DiTerlizzi, has been creating children’s books for twenty years. From fanciful picture books like The Broken Ornament and The Spider & The Fly (a Caldecott Honor book), to chapter books like Kenny and The Dragon and The Search for WondLa, DiTerlizzi imbues his stories with rich imagination. With Holly Black, he created the middle-grade series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold over 20 million copies, been adapted into a feature film, and 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 celebrated author Mo Willems created the bestseller The Story of Diva & Flea. The Norman Rockwell museum’s retrospective, “Never Abandon Imagination”, featured artwork from the beginning of DiTerlizzi’s career as a contributing artist for Dungeons & Dragons and broke attendance records. He has been featured in Time magazine, USA Today, CNN, PBS, NPR the BBC and The Today Show.

Reviews

[Helena Højgaard Andersen]

Så cute! Skal have resten ASAP!!!

[Gaylord Sillyman]

ER ALFER RIGTIGE??? DU LYVER? MENER DU DET?!

[Rikke Grave]

læste den danske version

[Goo]

Læst som barn i 00'erne.