Parents' Guide to

Geronimo Stilton Series

By Carrie Kingsley, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 7+

Fun adventures of a nervous mouse and his wacky family.

Book Elisabetta Dami For Beginning Readers 2004
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Based on 6 parent reviews

T J.
T J. Adult
December 10, 2019
age 7+
Mom2Will
Mom2Will Parent
November 25, 2019
age 7+

Awesome

My son started reading these at about age 7, and he still occasionally picks them up to re-read, he refuses to let go of his collection. They’re fun, clean, and can even be considered educational; the illustrations and various fonts and colours also enhance the reading experience. Mom and kid both agree that this is an awesome series.

This title has:

Educational value
Great messages
Great role models
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What's the Story?

In the GERONIMO STILTON series, Geronimo, the anxiety-ridden editor of The Rodent's Gazette, is dragged along on adventures with his adrenaline-junkie sister, Thea, his buffoon of a cousin, Trap, and his sweet nephew, Benjamin. Despite resisting any kind of risky behavior in his everyday life, he finds himself in the middle of the jungle, upside-down in Thea's airplane, face-to-face with a mummy, or caught in any other harebrained scheme his family concocts. While everything works out in the end, Geronimo spends most of the books trying to get out of situations that make him nervous -- which is pretty much everything.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (6):
Kids say (13):

This series is funny and has great nicknames for the characters and playful descriptions of New Mouse City and the mice who live there. Every story has a positive ending and Geronimo overcomes a fear or learns a small lesson, which is nice for readers this age. The illustrations are vibrant and funny (although the females are a little too curvy), and the pages are alive with color. It's a fun series for readers who like light, simple adventures and mysteries.

While this series is full of mice on adventures, the plots are a little dull. Geronimo Stilton spends a lot of time telling readers about how nervous he is, and the stories move at a pretty slow pace, given the amount of words on each page.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about how siblings Thea and Geronimo Stilton behave in the Geronimo Stilton series. They tease and harass, but are also supportive and look out for each other. Is this like any siblings you know?

  • Geronimo is nervous about a lot of things, but tries to overcome his fears. What are you nervous about and how do you get through hard situations?

  • What other books do you like about adventurous animals?

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