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Geronimo Stilton #32: Valley of the Giant Skeletons

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Like many of the best Geronimo Stilton stories, Valley of the Giant Skeletons combines child-encouraging examples with fun adventures to interesting places with lots of entertaining examples of Geronimo being glad that he overcomes his fears. As the story opens, Geronimo is stuck for an adventure story to write another book. Cousin Trap talks Geronimo into paying $20,000 to take Trap, his sister Thea, and his favorite nephew Benjamin with him to Mongolia to explore Great-Great-Great-Uncle Wally Stilton's treasure map.

Naturally, Geronimo first has to get over his fear of flying. His focus soon shifts to the gorgeous blond rodent sitting next to him who seems most interested in Geronimo. But not everyone is who she or he seems in this story. Watch out, Geronimo! (Fans of the series will note some similarities between this part of the story and a sequence early in Four Mice Deep in the Jungle).

Geronimo has promised to keep the purpose of the trip and the treasure map secret, but his traveling companion soon knows all the details.

Before the book's end, you'll know that it can be dangerous to get lost in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

Children who like dinosaurs will find enough to please them in this book. I learned about a type of dinosaur that was new to me, a Tarbosaurus.

The book's ending is a particularly apt one, encouraging children to place credit where credit it due.

I thought that this was one of the very best books in the series. I hope your family will enjoy it as much as I have.