Whats the next Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles book going to be about?
HB: Well, this one is hard to answer without spoilers, but while the first five Spiderwick chapter books were about a family that was splitting up, these new books are about a family that’s coming together. They’re also about a boy moving past the death of his mother and learning how to see himself as someone that matters. TD: The creatures our heroes encounter in these books, I feel, are much more dangerous than the malicious characters from the first books. Mulgarath (the ogre from the first books) was certainly a villainous character, but he outlined his plan of what he wanted to do, and our heroes were able to thwart it. In here, the giants are more like the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park — we are dealing with wild, untamed faeries and monsters here — and that excites me greatly. The stakes are much higher. Q: I saw the trailer for the February 2008 release of The Spiderwick Chronicles MOVIE…it looks so cool! Can you tell us about the movie, and were you involved in making it? TD
HB: Well, this one is hard to answer without spoilers, but while the first five Spiderwick chapter books were about a family that was splitting up, these new books are about a family that’s coming together. They’re also about a boy moving past the death of his mother and learning how to see himself as someone that matters. TD: The creatures our heroes encounter in these books, I feel, are much more dangerous than the malicious characters from the first books. Mulgarath (the ogre from the first books) was certainly a villainous character, but he outlined his plan of what he wanted to do, and our heroes were able to thwart it. In here, the giants are more like the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park — we are dealing with wild, untamed faeries and monsters here — and that excites me greatly. The stakes are much higher. Q: I saw the trailer for the February 2008 release of The Spiderwick Chronicles MOVIE…it looks so cool! Can you tell us about the movie, and were you involved in making it? TD
