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Care and Feeding of Sprites
Author	Tony DiTerlizzi Holly Black
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Publication Date	2006
Country	United States
Genre(s)	Illustration
ISBN	ISBN 1-4169-2646-1
Related	The Spiderwick Chronicles

Care and Feeding of Sprites is a 2006 illustrated children's book illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi with writing by Holly Black. The 48 page book is an accompaniment to The Spiderwick Chronicles series. Within the book are illustrations of seventeen types of sprites and their various good and bad habits. The text advises readers on how to acquire a sprite, determine its gender, and how to note the differences between sprites and other magical beings.