So this weekend I was visiting my family and my nephew Jeremy wanted to see The Spiderwick Chronicles.  This is actually one of the few children’s fantasy series that I haven’t actually read.  For no real reason, besides just not having gotten around to it yet.

But sometimes that’s the best way to see a movie that’s based upon a book.  I could go into it with very few preconceived notions.  It was a really, really good movie, as these things go.  My nephew told me that they had changed things, but it didn’t seem too drastic.  But then, 9 year olds aren’t really that detail oriented.

The visuals of the movie were beautiful; I especially loved the scene with Lucinda and the flower fairies (pixie? sprites? I have no idea.  But they were super cute.).  And Freddie Highmore, who plays Jared and Simon was brilliant.  I had no idea it wasn’t actually two separate boys.  And he hides his accent *really* well.

I enjoyed the movie so much that I went out and ordered the following books:

• The Spiderwick Chronicles – The Complete First Series (all five books)
• The Chronicles of Spiderwick: A Grand Tour of the Enchanted World, Navigated by Thimbletack
• Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You

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