Customer Reviews
Wonderful illustrations and descriptions - By: debbie8355, 07 Jul 2008 
This field guide to accompany the Spiderwick stories is an amazingly beautifully written & illustrated guide to invisible magical creatures like Brownies, Boggarts, Piskies, Gargoyles, Banshees, Changelings, Pixies, Salamanders, Phookas, Dragons, Giants, Goblins, Merfolk, Sea Serpents etc & some wonderful rare creatures like the 'Stray Sod' who will make you chuckle.
It's an A4 sized book in the style of a reallly old journal with browned pages & picture plates. Some of the inner pages open upwards & some double fold outwards. The content can't be faulted, reallly it is truly magical. Letters & 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 & easily damaged. It is also reallly 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 & 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 & 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 & folding the pages without leaving them crumpled & ripped.
100/100 for content but it is let down slightly by the presentation. It could have been even more wonderful.
Oh my goodness! - By: Whimsical Witch, 16 Feb 2006 
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 & "real-ness" is outstanding! You reallly 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... & 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! - By: Master MacLeod, 15 Oct 2005 I bought this book yesterday & Ive already read it cover to cover & Its absolutaly FANTASTIC! The artwork is stunning & the effort Ms Black & 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!
