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Geronimo Stilton #2: The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid

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If you liked Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye, you'll adore The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid. In the process, you'll probably develop a taste for more of these cheesy tales.

The best of the Geronimo Stilton books display three strengths:

1. Great humor that keeps tykes and parents giggling.

2. Lots of helpful information portrayed in ways that can stimulate a child's interest.

3. Encouragement for children to use good judgment.

In The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid, the Geronimo Stilton series hits its stride in terms of those three dimensions.

The series is written as though the main character, Geronimo Stilton, is describing his own life. As this book opens, Geronimo receives a mysterious telephone call telling him to wake up. He goes back to sleep. Arriving at work, where he runs The Rodent's Gazette, New Mouse City's most popular newspaper, there's trouble: Grandfather William Shortpaws (also known as "Cheap Mouse Willy"), who is the founder of the paper, has descended to make changes. Those changes have only one focus: Save money. Everyone has been fired except for members of the family, and Geronimo's antiques and rare books have been sold for a pittance.

Out of this disaster comes one benefit: Geronimo is sent on assignment to Egypt, a place he's always wanted to visit. But the trip is one humorous pratfall after another as his grandfather shows his flinty side and problems turn up with the story that Geronimo is to cover. But it's all in good fun. And we gain a fun story to read.

As always, the typography is wonderful for literally displaying what the words mean in colorful and imaginative ways. It's a terrific way to help youngster learn to identify words.

If you want to enjoy the story even more, have a pleasant snack of cheese and crackers while you read!

I thought this was a GREAT book! This my favorite Geronimo Stilton book so far! My favorite character (besides Geronimo Stilton) was Professor Spitfur. Geronimo's grandfather sends him to Egypt to do an interview. The most exciting part of the book is that Geronimo gets to go to Egypt. The description of the airplane ride is very funny. The scariest part is when the Professor gets knocked out and Geronimo is left in the dark!

I like the way the book is printed with the words being different colors and styles. It has lots of pictures and maps too. It makes it easier for me to read it. I am going to read all fifty titles as they are translated from Italian to English!

The humor is great for children and adults alike.
The colorful illustrations also make this a super choice for beginning chapter book readers.