Product Description

We are very proud (and a bit wary) to announce the publication of The Spiderwick Chronicles. But beware, the faeries will use all their power to stop you from reading these books. Book 2 of The Spiderwick Chronicles in which Mallory, Simon and Jared ask many questions and discover the fate of the missing cat. With the aid of a seeing stone the true nature of the secret world around them is now revealed. Its important the Grace kids tell their story but the faeries will do everything to stop them...Its up to you to spread the word about their discovery. But heed their warnings, wear some red, turn your clothes inside out - all anti-faerie devices - and get ready to enter a world that you never knew existed...Its closer than you think!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61794 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

About the Author
Holly Black spent her early years in a decaying Victorian mansion where her mother fed her a steady diet of ghost stories and faerie tales. An avid collector of rare folklore volumes, spooky dolls, and crazy hats, she lives in West Long Branch, New Jersey, with her husband, Theo. This is her first book. For more information, visit www.blackholly.com.

Customer Reviews

2nd Episode of the Spiderwick Chronicles
'The Seeing Stone' is the second book in the Spiderwick Chronicles - continuing from where Book 1 - 'The Field Guide,' left off.

Once again, the three Grace children (Jared, Simon and Mallory) are in danger from the inhabitants of the faerie world. Jared has befriended Thimbletack, their house-boggart - but he warns Jared that unless he hands over Arther Spiderwick's mysterious book, his family are in mortal danger. Jared refuses, and moments later Simon is dragged away by invisible goblins - which can only be seen by mortals through a magical 'Seeing Stone.' Jared and his sister, fencing expert Mallory, set off to rescue their brother - but they are in for a few surprises along the way - including a troll, a friendly hobgoblin and a gigantic griffin.

For those unfamiliar with the series, these 5 little books are a real retro-style treat to the eyes. The quality of the binding is considerable, the stories charming - and the illustrations superlative. If only more children's books were illustrated to this high standard! Each story is divided into seven chapters making it ideal for a week of bedtime stories. The writing style is easily accessible to the young, yet will appeal to all ages. The words have a clarity and simplicity that will not overtax the young reader whilst using an intersting enough vocbulary to appeal to older readers too.

This book is the second in a series of five. The stories revolve around the magical inhabitants of the faerie world - but these faeries are not the twee Enid Blyton variety - neither are they the like the feisty gun-toting elves of the Artemis Fowl books. They are strange, magical, and decidedly dangerous. The Spiderwick story continues with: Book 3 - 'Lucinda's Secret.

Not Bad
This book is really good actually. But it seems to me that this is one fifth of what could have been an excellent book had it been sold as one book and not dissected into five mini-stories that really aren't adequate as books on their own. This is a pity because the ideas are relatively original and would have been more worth the money and entertaining had they been sandwiched together in one book.
Other than that an interesting book, especially for children of about 6-11 years old, and the pictures are very good, and illustrate the story perfectly.

The Spiderwick Chronicles Book 2; The Seeing Stone
This is the continuing story about the 3 Grace children, Mallory, Simon and Jared, who, with their Mother, have moved into a new house full of surprises. The house belongs to their Great Uncle Arthur and Great Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick but there are other THINGS living with them in the house. In the first book Jared had found a Field Guide with all of the creatures described in it. In this story we meet a Troll and a Hobgoblin. Also, Mallory and Jared search for their brother Simon who disappears while looking for their lost cat Tibs.
The book is less scary than the first book, but is still very good.
By Alasdair