Synopsis
Meet the boggarts, changelings, pixies, goblins and other creatures of Arthur Spiderwick's magical, fantastical world. From clever and informative introductory sections explaining essential preparations for your own faerie investigations and faerie world basics, to 6 exhaustive sections featuring 31 fabulous faerie species, to an addendum created by Jared Grace, the long-awaited companion to the Spiderwick Chronicles is sure to please any fan of the popular series.

The fascinating Arthur Spiderwick, great-great-uncle of the Grace children of Spiderwick Chronicles fame, has left a large, incredibly detailed, and very intriguing guide to enormous amounts of information about mystical creatures. From "around the house and yard" to "the hills and mountains" and even "outside at night," he describes a vast variety of fanciful beings. Among them are brownies, manticores, merfolk, knockers, and even those bizarre flying brutes, griffins. Notes on "The Invisible World," as well as "The Light" are provided, along with a list of equipment that includes milk, tree branches, and salt. With carefully rendered full-color paintings, sketches, and watercolors, as well as a list of resources, and an addendum from Jared Grace.

Details
Publication Date:	2005-10-25
Series:	Spiderwick Chronicles

Size
Length:	120 pages
Height:	11.5 in
Width:	8.5 in
Thickness:	0.8 in
Weight:	28.0 oz

Publisher's Note
From clever and informative introductory sections explaining essential preparations for your own faerie investigations and faerie world basics, to 6 exhaustive sections featuring 31 fabulous faerie species, to an addendum created by Jared Grace, the long-awaited companion to the Spiderwick Chronicles is sure to please any fan of the popular series.

Industry Reviews
"Fantasy readers will love immersing themselves in the lore of the hidden--those things that only they, and people who are like them, can see. The Field Guide will be pored over by anyone, of any age, who believes in sprites, phookas, and nixies."
(03/01/2006)