{"id":3962,"date":"2009-09-12T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2009-09-09T19:16:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-09T19:16:19","slug":"arthur-spiderwicks-field-guide-to-the-fantastical-world-around-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2009\/09\/12\/arthur-spiderwicks-field-guide-to-the-fantastical-world-around-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Tony DiTerlizzi<\/strong> & Holly Black<\/strong> (Simon & Shuster UK)
\nISBN: 978-1-41690-136-5<\/p>\n

One of the most charming and readable children’s stories of recent vintage (the first volume was published in 2003 and I’ll get to them one day…) recounts the adventures of three American kids who stumble into a forgotten and dangerous world of unseen Fairy Magic. The adventures of the Grace children even emerged relatively unscathed from the transition to the big screen in a winning adaptation entitled The Spiderwick Chronicles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Modern marketing being what it is, a lot of peripheral material has been generated to accompany the books and it’s one of these I want to bring to your attention. Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You <\/strong>is a fabulous confection, purporting to be the actual tome created by an inquisitive naturalist nearly a century ago, listing in magnificent taxonomical detail and gloriously illustrative manner all the unnatural and supernormal creatures that live beyond the range of normal human sight.<\/p>\n

Although Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black are deliberately vague as to who does what to craft these tales the former is credited as illustrator, so I’m assuming the Manticore’s share of the superb paintings and drawings in this volume are his and the explanatory notes Ms Black’s – and frankly astonishing it all is.<\/p>\n

Divided into Around the House and Yard<\/em>, In Fields and Forests<\/em>, In Lakes, Streams and the Sea<\/em>, In the Hills and Mountains<\/em>, In the Sky<\/em> and Outside at Night<\/em> this beautiful bestiary covers every invisible wonder from Banshees to Will-o’-the Wisps, Dragons to Unicorns and all European ethereals in between.<\/p>\n

This is a book to inspire dreaming and creativity in kids of any age, produced with all the tricks and magic of 21st<\/sup> century printing and paper-technology. A true and total delight.
\n\u00c2\u00a9 2005 Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black (Simon & Shuster UK) ISBN: 978-1-41690-136-5 One of the most charming and readable children’s stories of recent vintage (the first volume was published in 2003 and I’ll get to them one day…) recounts the adventures of three American kids who stumble into a forgotten and dangerous world of unseen … <\/p>\n

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