| Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide: To the Fantastic World Around You (Spiderwick Chronicles) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Holly Black, Tony Diterlizzi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Category: Book
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1998
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1416901361
EAN: 9781416901365
ASIN: 1416901361
Publication Date: October 3, 2005
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 Wonderful illustrations and descriptions July 7, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This field guide to accompany the Spiderwick stories is an amazingly beautifully written and illustrated guide to invisible magical creatures like Brownies, Boggarts, Piskies, Gargoyles, Banshees, Changelings, Pixies, Salamanders, Phookas, Dragons, Giants, Goblins, Merfolk, Sea Serpents etc and some wonderful rare creatures like the 'Stray Sod' who will make you chuckle.
It's an A4 sized book in the style of a really old journal with browned pages and picture plates. Some of the inner pages open upwards and some double fold outwards. The content can't be faulted, really it is truly magical. Letters and old newspaper stories interweave the descriptions giving it a real journal feel.
The only slight gripe I have is is the modern presentation. The dust jacket is thin paper and easily damaged. It is also really flat apart from a slightly raised round part of the seal which may disappoint a child who has seen the book in the film version. The cover is different underneath and in the same style as another Spiderwick book the 'Notebook of Fantastical Observations'cover. It is a shame when a book looks better without it's dustjacket. An older style cover with a removable warning card and some ribbon would have done wonders to the outer presentation. The inner pages which open out are also slightly badly designed. I found it impossible to open the 'old wyrm dragon' page upwards without sligthly ripping it as it was such a close fit to the spine. I think younger children might have a problem opening and folding the pages without leaving them crumpled and ripped.
100/100 for content but it is let down slightly by the presentation. It could have been even more wonderful.
 Oh my goodness! February 16, 2006
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is the book I dreamt of finding in my gran's attic when I was a kid! this is the book that outdo every other book about faeries. It's beauty, it's fun and "real-ness" is outstanding! You really dont have to be a Spiderwick fan to enjoy this, you just need to believe in faeries! Or at least *want* to believe in them... and appriciate art! Because Tony DiTerlizzi does the best job on his illustrations... Pure Magic from front to back!
ARTHUR SPIDEWICK'S FIELD GUIDE: Absolutely fantastic! October 15, 2005
30 out of 30 found this review helpful
I bought this book yesterday and Ive already read it cover to cover and Its absolutaly FANTASTIC! The artwork is stunning and the effort Ms Black and Mr DeTerlizzi have put to it is amazing! I reccomend this book to any fan of Harry Potter or Spiderwick! I absoloutly loves it!
It makes them [faerie] so real!
10/10! Bravo! En-Core! Well Done!
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