FIELD GUIDE, TONY DITERLIZZI

Thank you Amazon!The book is physically perfect. Not a single scratch, fold mark or other damages.Bought this as a gift for younger cousin.Delivered 2 days in advance too

On time as usual.. Great

According to Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, the text of this story was left for them by three mystery kids.With that stab at blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality, these two authors slip easily into a haunted house tale that rapidly blossoms into a story of hidden fae and strange creatures. The first of the Spiderwick Chronicles -- "The Field Guide" -- is a staggering brief story that sets up mysteries, marvels and everything that come after.After their parents' divorce, the Grace kids -- teenage Mallory and nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon -- move with their mother to a crumbling old Victorian house, owned by a weird old aunt. Jared is having a rough time with all of this, but he's distracted from his personal woes by a "squirrel" scuttling around inside the walls. And their investigations reveal a strange little stash of items that were obviously not taken by a squirrel.An exploratory trip in a dumbwaiter takes Jared to a hidden library full of strange books on mythic creatures -- and soon strange things start happening to the family. Jared's further investigations uncover a strange little book called "Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide To The Fantastical World Around You," a little guide to faery creatures. Jared begins to believe that the unbelievable might be true -- that there are faeries causing trouble in his new home -- but his siblings are a bit more reluctant.For the record, "The Field Guide" is a short book in a short series full of short books. It's only about a hundred pages of heavily-illustrated text, and we're not talking large pages. It's more like the first chapters of a longer novel -- and it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger.But Holly Black's writing style definitely makes it worth reading. Though the storyline is pretty simple, she weaves a web of subtle, eerie strangeness around the seemingly ordinary circumstances, and builds an increasing sense of dusty, leaf-strewn age around the house. And despite the Victorian house, the sprites and faery creatures here are anything but Victorian -- sometimes ugly, bizarre or malicious (such as when Mallory's hair is tied to her bed).And Tony DiTerlizzi's artwork is simply perfect for the story that he and Black are telling. He crafts lots of intricate pen-and-ink drawings, shadowy depictions of the decayed Victorian mansion, and illustrations of the weirder aspects of the Spiderwick estate (like the dusty library, or the vaguely Satanic door-knocker). The highlights are the old scribbled-on papers of Arthur Spiderwick, including a picture of a household boggart.The main characters are also quite believable: Mallory is a loving but slightly brittle teenager, and the mom is clearly struggling to stay afloat after her divorce. And the twins Jared and Simon (who can be told apart by their hairstyles) make good protagonists for the book, especially since they're so different -- Simon is a tidy animal enthusiast, while the more prominent Jared is a kid who is starting to sink into trouble after his parents' divorce."The Field Guide" is a good opening chapter for the Spiderwick Chronicles, building up a sense of suspense, eerie fantasy and otherworldly creatures. Just have the second part on hand before you finish.

É estranho ler essa história anos depois de ter visto o filme, mas ainda assim é uma leitura gostosa de consumir. A cada página fico ansioso pelo. que pode vir a acontecer dado as diferenças com o filme e os diálogos são reais o suficiente pra te prenderem cena após cena com os três personagens.

Really cool book. I am reading this series to my six and a half year old daughter and she is enjoying it very much!

I am tutoring two 8 year old twin boys English. They are getting far too good at standard picture books, but are terrified by large paragraphs of words, but this book is a very nice middle ground.It still intimidates them a little bit and there are a number of words over their heads, but they can understand the basics of the story and the characters are relatable to children their age.I am reading less for them as they slowly read more and more. Even though they act bored during our lessons, they will speak to each other excitedly about what they read that day and look forward to reading about the pictures they looked ahead at.

Para quem quer começar a ler em inglês recomendo muito, texto não é difícil, e a história é muito gostosinha de ler. Sobre a edição: a qualidades das páginas me surpreendeu bastante, a da capa também, porém é paperback, ou seja, sem orelha. Mesmo assim não me importo, gostei bastante.

離婚した母親に連れられて朽ちかけた屋敷に引っ越してきた3人姉弟が見つけたのは、秘密の隠し部屋と身の回りの妖精観察手引きだった!!姉弟が見つけた手引きをもとに、妖精の世界の秘密を探っていくというのが、このシリーズのストーリーのようです。謎解きや、笑える場面もあって、読み進むにつれて、話にどんどん引き込まれていきます。英語は対象年齢からもわかるとおり、それほど難しくはありません。ただし日本人にはあまり親しくない妖精の名前などが出てきたりするので辞書がそばにあるほうがよいでしょう。全部で5冊のシリーズでこの本はその第1冊目です。ハリーポッターと異なり、1冊では話の筋が完結しないので、もしかしたら5冊全部出てから買ったほうがよいかも知れません。私のように出たば!かりで飛びつくと、続きが待ちきれなくなってしまいます。ちなみにこの本は装丁というか、作りがかなり凝っています。古い本のイメージが非常にうまく表現されて、初めて手にして中をみた時、びっくりしました。