Book Review: The Mysterious Cheese Thief: Geronimo Stilton #31
Rated by 4 members
What Parents Should Know
Parents need to know that there is a bit of cartoonish
violence: characters getting bopped on the head with things
like umbrellas, a mouse's tie gets stuck inside a conveyor
belt, and a mouse is accidentally locked in a cold factory.
Families can talk about reading big words. How did this book help? Was it the large print, the drawings, or both? The book also contains two recipes featuring cheese that might be fun for a family to cook together.
Common Sense Media Review
This series will get young and reluctant readers engaged
with full-color illustrations, and a large, appealing typeset
sprinkled generously with "big" or "fun" words drawn in special
ways (like the word, "embarrassing," written in huge red
letters each time it's used). Readers who are looking to expand
their vocabulary will benefit from seeing the same words
written out in the same way -- not that the book is too
repetitive.
Other unique aspects of THE MYSTERIOUS CHEESE THIEF include highly detailed illustrations of Geronimo's workplace, The Rodent's Gazette, and a map of New Mouse City and Mouse Island itself, reminding the reader of similar detailed worlds captured in the Where's Waldo books and those by Richard Scarry.
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