The Spiderwick Chronicles Official Movie Companion


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This companion to Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies film adaptation, starring Freddie Highmore and Mary-Louise Parker and scheduled for release on February 15, contains interviews with the cast and crew and exclusive information about the making of the movie. Full color.




The Field Guide


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Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the international bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles with the first instalment in the adventures of the Grace children. After finding a mysterious handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they've just moved into, the Grace children - Jared, Simon and Mallory - discover that there's a magical and maybe dangerous world existing parallel to our own - the world of faerie. The children want to share what they know, but the faeires will do everything possible to stop their secrets being revealed . . .




"Who Could That Be at This Hour?"


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Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He started by asking questions that shouldn't have been on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not be published, in four volumes that shouldn't be read. This is the first volume.




Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You


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With 41 fabulous full-color plates, six gatefolds, six watercolor landscapes, scores of black-and-white and color sketches of 31 faierie species, this book is destined to be a favorite of even the most demanding faierie enthusiast. Illustrations.




The Chronicles of Spiderwick


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Presents excerpts from each of the five volumes of the fantasy series describing the adventures of the Grace children in their Aunt Lucinda's Victorian house and the dwarfs, goblins, and the evil ogre, Mulgarath, with whom they do battle there.




The Spiderwick Chronicles Movie Storybook


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Looking for a fresh start, Helen Grace and her three kids leave New York City and move into the old, abandoned Spiderwick Estate that great uncle, Arthur Spiderwick, has left her. One day nine-year-old Jared discovers ArthurSpiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around Youin the upstairs attic, and his life changes forever. Despite the numerous warnings, Jared reads the book, and now he must keep the field guide out of harm's way, or else suffer the consequences. With a house brownie named Thimbletack to help him along, Jared, his twin brother, Simon, and their sister, Mallory, take on a world of fantastical creatures!




Liar & Spy


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The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the Newbery Medal winner When You Reach Me: a story about spies, games, and friendship. The first day Georges (the S is silent) moves into a new Brooklyn apartment, he sees a sign taped to a door in the basement: SPY CLUB MEETING—TODAY! That’s how he meets his twelve-year-old neigh­bor Safer. He and Georges quickly become allies—and fellow spies. Their assignment? Tracking the mysterious Mr. X, who lives in the apartment upstairs. But as Safer’s requests become more and more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: how far is too far to go for your only friend? “Will touch the hearts of kids and adults alike.” —NPR Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children’s Fiction Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more!




Kenny & the Dragon


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Kenny Rabbit tries to save his friend, the dragon, after he is labeled a community nuisance by the simple people of Roundbrook village, who arrange for the creature to be fought by St. George.




Kenny & the Book of Beasts


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In this highly anticipated sequel to New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Honor–winning author Tony DiTerlizzi’s Kenny and the Dragon, Kenny must cope with many changes in his life—including the fear that he’s losing his best friend. What can come between two best friends? Time has passed since Kenny Rabbit’s last adventure with his best friend, the legendary dragon Grahame, and a lot has changed in the sleepy village of Roundbrook. For starters, Kenny has a whole litter of baby sisters. His friends are at different schools and Sir George is off adventuring. At least Kenny still has his very best friend, Grahame. That’s before Dante arrives. Dante is a legendary manticore and an old friend of Grahame’s. Old friends spend a lot of time catching up. And that catching up does not involve Kenny. But there’s a Witch to defeat, a pal to rescue, and a mysterious book to unlock. And those are quests for best friends, not old friends. Right?




The Search for WondLa


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Eva Nine was raised by the robot Muthr. But when a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary she called home, twelve-year-old Eva is forced to flee aboveground. Eva Nine is searching for anyone else like her. She knows that other humans exist because of a very special item she treasures ~ a scrap of cardboard on which is depicted a young girl, an adult, and a robot along with the strange word "WondLa". Tony DiTerlizzi honours traditional children's literature in this totally original space age adventure: one that is as complex as an alien planet, but as simple as a child's wish for a place to belong.