I would also be a touch less grouchy if this story didn’t take up so many inches of my precious shelf space. I think I would have gone crazy reading them one at a time, because there is really only one story between them, and a real or implied “To Be Continued Sign” is simply not a satisfying ending for a book. The first thing I observed about these books is that they aren’t really five books, but one book chopped up into five highly attractive, but probably overproduced volumes.
I figured it would be a good idea to do my homework before seeing the upcoming movie based on these books. I finally tired of waiting for these five slim, gorgeously illustrated books to come out in paperback, so I picked up a boxed set of the hardcovers. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library. She has sold over twenty-six million books worldwide, and her work has been translated into over thirty languages and adapted for film.
She has been a finalist for an Eisner and a Lodestar Award, and the recipient of the Mythopoeic and Nebula Awards and a Newbery Honor. Holly Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of speculative and fantasy novels, short stories, and comics. He has been featured in Time magazine and USA TODAY and on CNN, PBS, NPR, the BBC, and the Today show. The Norman Rockwell Museum’s exhibition “Never Abandon Imagination” featured artwork from the beginning of DiTerlizzi’s career as a contributing artist for Dungeons & Dragons and broke attendance records. With Holly Black, he created the middle grade series the Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold 20 million copies, been adapted into a feature film, and been translated in over thirty countries.
From fanciful picture books like The Spider & the Fly to chapter book series like the Search for WondLa, DiTerlizzi imbues his stories with a rich imagination. #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi has been creating children’s books for over twenty years.
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