Great series of books! I would call them children’s mystery-adventure books.

I love reading these, and get frustrated when I read a couple chapters to my daughter and then she reads ahead, and I have to catch up.

Very clever books. Geronimo Stilton is the owner of the Rodent Gazette newspaper. He gets in many exciting adventures, but he would prefer to stay at home. He is a bit of unadventurous mouse. But adventure always seems to find him.

The back of the book says:
“Cheesecake! A mysterious one-eyed rat was trying to steal the Rodent’s Gazette from under my snout! There was only one mouse who could save the paper – Shif T. Paws, my crafty businesss manager. Shif booked me onto the infamouse TV game show The mousetrap. If I won, The Rodent’s Gazette would be saved. But if I lost – SQUEAK! – those scary TV rats would chop off my tail!”

There are 4 main characters that are in each book. Geronimo; who is smart and loves to read. You could say he is kind of a nerd. Thea; Geronimo’s sister who is also smart but a lot more adventurous. Trap; Geronimo’s cousin who is the typical annoying sibling-type. And Benjamin; Geronimo’s nephew who he adores. Benjamin seems to find solutions to problems when the adults can not.

Scholastic Reading Level: 3

Parent Rating :) Kid Rating :)