Stilton, G. (2006). Valentine’s day disaster. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Interest Level: Ages 9 to 12
Genre: Fiction, Humor, Stories told by Animals
Subjects/Themes: Mice, Newspapers
Plot: Geronimo Stilton, a mouse and newspaper editor, is getting ready to throw his annual Valentine’s Day party for all of his friends. Unfortunately Geronimo keeps running into problems, such as the newspapers not getting delivered, the food getting ruined, and the lights going out, as well as running into things and getting hurt. Luckily for Geronimo Cheesy Lou, a cowmouse country singer, helps him solve all of his problems throughout the day.
Personal Thoughts: Noticing that the entire series of Geronimo Stilton is almost ALWAYS checked out at my library, I decided to review this book. Personally I found the book a bit difficult to read due to the graphic text used throughout but I could see why the same thing might interest tweens. The book is riddled with countless pictures that help tell the story and would be useful to struggling readers. The story itself goes very quickly with events constantly happening and being resolved. The only thing that bothered me with the story was it was never explained why Cheesy Lou, a complete stranger, was helping Geronimo. The book also contains useful information about Valentine’s Day history, safety tips, and activity ideas.
Series Info: While the author credit is given to Geronimo Stilton (the main character of the book), the actual author is Elisabetta Dami who originally wrote the series in Italian. The series currently contains 42 books. There is also a spin off series about Stilton’s sister Thea.
Similar materials: Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (harder read); Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey (same reading level)
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