My childhood memories of holidays are filled with trips to see wonderful movies with positive character themes. Now parents and grandparents must rely on outside sources to provide information about the garbage eminating from Hollywood. As for the books, I just posted a review written by an agnostic, at post #17.
If you visit Amazon.com, you will find many similar reviews about this series of books.
As for the Spiderwick movie, I have not heard anything. However I understand the movie ....
is phenomenal. It has already won several awards. Learn more at the official web site.