Spiderwick Chronicles: Free Printable Coloring Pages, Lesson Plans and Online Games

Does your spine tingle at the mention of sprites, pixies, brownies, ogres, hobgoblins, faeries and gryphons? Then The Spiderwick Chronicles is just the book series and movie for you! Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi write and illustrate The Spiderwick Chronicles. The series is reminiscent of ancient fables with intricately drawn images straight off from a gothic cathedral. Spiderwick is the story of three reluctant children drawn into a world of fantasy and mystery at Spiderwick Estate.

John Sayles (Matewan) has recreated these wonderful stories in his new movie Spiderwick Chronicles. He's chosen a capable cast with Joan Plowright as Aunt Lucinda, David Straithorn as Uncle Arthur Spiderwick, Nick Nolte as the ogre Mulgarath, Martin Short as the Brownie Thimbletack and Seth Rogan as the hobgoblin Hogsqueal. Creature character names have a Dickens-like onomatapeia sound to them; you can visualize the character from his name.

If you enjoyed The Spiderwick Chronicles, book and/or movie, how about some free coloring pages depicting Hogsqueal, Mulgarath, Thimbletack, Jared, Simon, Mallory, Spiderwick Estate, sylphs, faeiries, ogres, hobgoblins and a griffin. Coloring-Book has 14 coloring pages for you to print free and color.

Spiderwick.com the homepage of the book series is loaded with fun stuff! Click the Downloads link for printable hobgoblin mask, crafts, coloring pages, Spiderwick gameboard, trading cards, puzzles, game cards and more. You can collect creature trading cards but you have to watch for them; they aren't easy to spot. Look for brownies, boggarts, unicorns, dwarves, elves, pixies, sprites, the Phooka, Stray Sod and other creatures of the woodland night. Teachers, you can print off free writing strands, vocabulary words, folklore lessons, journal exercises, and other free lesson plans. The sound effects and graphics on this sites are enchanting. Hogsqueal that rascally hobgoblin takes you on a tour of the site.

dterlizzi.com This link takes you directly to pdf. with a whole series of free printable activities. First are several pages of faerie coloring pages and paper doll clothes straight from the beautiful art of Tony Diterlizzi. There is also a whimsical recipe for yummy faerie porridge, a riddle making game and a creative writing page. Each activity has D'Terlizzi's lovely artwork in black and white decorating the pages. These make perfect coloring pages also!

Play two Spiderwick Chronicles games online, a word search and a trivia game at Kidsread.com.

Enjoy hours of Spiderwick fun with these links!