The Field Guide, the first book in the series, was published in May 2003. It opens in Maine where nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon and their thirteen-year-old sister Mallory move to the decrepit Spiderwick Estate with their mother, Helen. They discover a secret library hidden in the house, and later discover Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You in a chest in the attic, providing them with information on Faeries. A brownie named Thimbletack is introduced and Jared is blamed for some mischief that occurs because of the Faerie's actions.
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