Demetrio BargelliniCritiques

This book is perfect for 2nd-5th grade students. This book is a part of a series and they focus a lot on exploring and adventure. The books can also be educational as well as having great illustrations. I would have this book in my future class.

-For elementary 2nd-4th ish
-This is a great book about the ice age and geronimo's adventures back in time to the great ice age. There are random educational things within this fun, exciting stories.

Alguna vez has tenido miedo de la oscuridad? Yo sí, y también de los fantasmas, de los espacios cerrados? Hasta que un día fui a parar a un misterioso castillo, donde viví un sinfín de increíbles y emocionantes aventuras. Y así, con la ayuda de mis amigos, ¡descubrí el SECRETO DEL VALOR! Lee el libro y tú también descubrir ás este secreto. ¡Sólo entonces podrás fabricarte y lucir la MEDALLA DEL VALOR de Geronimo Stilton!

juvenile graphic novel, not your typical chapter book of Geronimo Stilton

The only positive thing that came out of my first and last trip to Waukesha, apart from an abiding resolve to never set foot or wheel within that city's vicinity again, was the discovery that there are Geronimo Stilton comics in existence. I am not a particular fan (or un-fan) of Geronimo Stilton, they're just the kind of books that sit firmly in the background of the series shelf, on the bottom no less, and trot briskly and efficiently in and out of the library.

Hmm, comics says I, let us borrow one from another library and see what they're like. Well, they're a lot like the books really. Lots of color and action and humor. The vocabulary is about the same level, but the graphic novels are heavier on illustration than text and the print is much smaller than the books.

Verdict: You could either recommend these to younger kids who can follow more of the story in the pictures and pick up gradually on the text, or to older readers who won't have a problem with the vocabulary and smaller print. Either way, we're getting all of them for the summer!

ISBN: 978-1597071727; Published November 2009 by Papercutz; Borrowed from the library; Purchased for the library

The great ice age is a story pirate cats trying to travel through time, they accidentally end up in 37993BC. When the cats meet their Neanderthal ancestors, they hear the legend of a Giant Wooly Mammoth and come up with a plan to capture it and bring back to present times. Geronimo must travel to the Ice Age to stop the cats from changing history forever.
This story was very cute and reminded me a lot of the movie Ice Age. My son and I read this story over a three day period; every night he wanted me to keep reading but I had to make it last. I’m sure he dreamed about this story in his sleep. I remember my first job (MOS) in the military; we created comic books for the kids. This was an attempt to stop the children from being suicide boomers by teaching them healthy and effective techniques for fighting. The comic books had a huge impact in Iraq and I’m grateful to have played a role in this.
Graphic novels are great for kids with massive imaginations and creativity. This would be a great story to assign to a class to read alone. It keeps them busy and intrigued. I loved this story and I thought it was very cute.

In winter, Geronimo stilton and his family went to Sphinx of Egypt to stop the bad cats for taking over Egypt but the cat had tracked the king of Egypt to kill Geronimo stilton and his family. What would they do? Find out in thee book.½