The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set

The Spiderwick Chronicles #1-5

by Tony DiTerlizzi (Author/Illustrator), Holly Black

It all started with a mysterious letter left at a tiny bookstore for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Its closing lines: "We just want people to know about this. The stuff that has happened to us could happen to anyone." Little could they imagine the remarkable adventure that awaited them as they followed Jared, Simon, and Mallory Grace and a strange old book into a world filled with elves, goblins, dwarves, trolls, and a fantastical menagerie of other creatures. The oddest part is in entering that world, they didn't leave this one!

Five captivating books!
One thrilling adventure!
The Spiderwick Chronicles

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

602 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

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

[Anna]

Дисней+ собирается экранизировать цикл в формате сериала, поэтому я решила ознакомиться с оригиналом.

Формально и Локвуд, и Спайдервик относятся к middle-grade, но эта книга явно рассчитана на более младший возраст. Об этом косвенно свидетельствует возраст главного героя (9 лет), и, главное, манера повествования. Но в противоречие с манерой вступает сюжет - местами он весьма жесток. И это постоянное ощущение, что одно с другим не стыкуется помешало мне получить удовольствие.
Что в книге было очень хорошо, так это иллюстрации. Поняла, что я отвыкла от богато иллюстрированных детских книг. И еще понравились бонусные рассказики от лица Шмендрика в конце.