The Spiderwick Chronicles is a series of children's books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The first book, The Field Guide, was published in 2003 and then followed by The Seeing Stone , Lucinda's Secret , The Ironwood Tree , and The Wrath of Mulgarath . A brownie named Thimbletack, who has lived in...
The Spiderwick Chronicles is a series of children's books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The first book, The Field Guide, was published in 2003 and then followed by The Seeing Stone , Lucinda's Secret , The Ironwood Tree , and The Wrath of Mulgarath . A brownie named Thimbletack, who has lived in the house for years, becomes angry with the Grace children when they destroy his nest inside the walls, and Jared is blamed for the ensuing havoc wrought by the brownie in retaliation including assaults on Mallory, Simon, and the trashing of the kitchen. After they arrive home, Simon convinces them to return to the now empty camp to release the rest of the goblins' victims and they take the injured griffin to the carriage house. Once home, the Grace children decide to find out what happened to their great-great uncle, and set out from the Estate with a map of the area on which is written "September 14th. Escaping their cage, the twins free Mallory and meet a strange creature, called a Knocker, who tells them the way out by listening to the stones.