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Last month Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon Movies released The Spiderwick Chronicles on DVD and Blu-ray. Based on the series of Spiderwick Chronicles books, the movie brings to life the unseen, magical world that surrounds all of us. The all-star cast includes Freddie Highmore from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Louise Parker, Sarah Bolger and the voices of Seth Rogen and Martin Short

If you’re not familiar with the story, here’s a quick description:

From the moment the Grace family moves into a secluded old house peculiar things start to happen. Unable to explain the accidents and strange disappearances, the Grace children, Jared, Simon and Mallory start to investigate and find the unbelievable truth of the Spiderwick Estate and the amazing creatures that inhabit it.

The release of this video as well as recent releases on Disney DVD including The 45th Anniversary Special Edition of the Sword in the Stone and The Jungle Book 2 make me wonder what comes first, the book or the movie. Obviously the book if the movie is based on it, of course. But how often after seeing a movie do you go back and read or reread the book? What about your children?

I think it’s half and half with me. I’ve read the Harry Potter books years before the movies came out. But movies like Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia made me go back and read books I tried to read, but couldn’t get through, as a child.

Bottom line for me is that anything that gets people to read is a good thing. So enjoy the movies and then go check out the books!

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