Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide and the Seeing Stone by Holly Black
“This is the book I’ll be using as the English reading and writing stimulus in my class this autumn. I read it ahead of time and really enjoyed it. I haven’t read ‘The Seeing Stone’, only ‘The Field Guide’. It is written in a very simplistic way which makes it a good transition book between year groups, but it is still interesting enough that it’s engaging and enjoyable. It is a little bit spooky in places which I love and has a massive theme of mystery and intrigue. I’m looking forward to reading this book with my class and if they love it as much as me I’ll source the rest of the books in the series to read to them as well.”