This book contains all five books in The Spiderwick Chronicles. They are totally different from other fairy books that I have read, such as Artemis Fowl. This has a shape-shifting ogre by the name Mulgarath, fairies that give you addictive fruits, and brownies that (like me) love honey. They also have a bit of an anger issue.

The plot is quite simple: The three Grace kids (Mallory, 13, Simon, 9, and his twin, Jared) move into a house owned by their great-aunt, Lucinda Spiderwick, who is in a nursing home. But the kids find there is something different about the house, mainly because there is something in the walls.

Mallory tries to get it with the handle end of a broom, and uncovers a dumbwaiter (a small elevator used for delivering objects from, in this case, the kitchen to a study).

The study belonged to Arthur Spiderwick, Lucida's father, who wrote a guide-book, about all the magic creatures in the world that we didn't know about, entitled: Arthur Spiderwick's Fantastical Guide To the World Around You.

In it is all he could find out about every magical creature he knew from griffins to hobgoblins. This makes it a dangerous weapon.

The evil ogre Mulgarath and his army of goblins want the book. With it the evil creature and his minions could destroy the world and everything we know.

The Grace children have to protect the book at all costs, but when they discover their mother missing, they go on a quest to find her.

A delight for anyone from 9-99 years of age, this book is a win in many ways.

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