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The Abominable Snowman (Choose Your Own Adventure)

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Back in the middle ages when I went to school the Choose Your Own Adventures came out. It was a perfect time for me and our school library couldn't keep the books on the shelves. This is the first book in the series and it is a joy on the Kindle. The navigation was easy, the pictures were all there, and the feeling of reading the book remained. I'm not sure I'll be buying the other books on the Kindle though. This was a kind of kitsch purchase for me. A fun walk down memory lane, but like other children books, not something I need to re-read or spend a lot of money on.

If you're like me and read these books as a kid and have a Kindle as an adult it's worth the couple of bucks to snag one. If you can trust your kids with a Kindle then they will probably enjoy this as well. And lastly, if you want a history of interactivity, then you would want to buy one of these as well.

Wow! This book is great. I remember the Choose Your Own Adventure series were some of the only books I would actually borrow from our elementery school library. It's awesome that they have kept the same stories while giving them new updated covers and artwork. I would definitely reccomend this book for any kid 7 and up, or any adult who read the series as a child. These books really made me want to read as a kid because they let you choose your own story. The Abominable Snowman is probably one of the best ones, the endings are really creative.

Downloaded the Kindle version as a fun bedtime story for my child. The first couple pages had typos "...climbing in South American", "but what is is?" Further, the instructions say, "If you don't like your choice, press PREVIOUS PAGE to go back and decide again." When we selected PREV PAGE, it went to a different thread of the book instead of the choice page, as it should have done. Improvements would be great as these were really fun stories to read when I was a child, but the problems with the Kindle version put a damper on my enthusiasm.

This was not in fact the first CYOA. The first was 'The Cave of Time' by Edward Packard.

So why is 'The Abominable Snowman' being shown as the first in the series? Well... R?A. Montgomery (the author of this book) co-founded CYOA with Edward Packard. They were the Lennon and McCartney of CYOA, if you will (there's a good Wikipedia article about its history). Sadly, somewhere along the line the two went their separate ways and Montgomery, when reviving CYOA, seems to have written Packard out of the series' history. It's like McCartney deleting all Lennon's songs from the Beatles back catalogue!

If you are interested in acquiring the REAL first CYOA title, the classic 'Cave of Time', as well as other works by the author many regard as CYOA's best, don't bother with these CYOA re-releases. Instead you will have to go to Packard's 'u-ventures' website, where they have been repackaged, revised and expanded by Packard himself, and turned into really neat iPhone apps. Check them out. I definitely recommend them over the Montgomery titles - including this one.

The Choose Your Own Adventure series is excellent to motivate your children and students to read. The book lets you make your own choices and find out what happens to your character. Kind of like a video game in a book. This particular one The Abominable Snowman is one of RA Montgomery's best and will be lauched on DVD in August of 2006. Imagine being able to make your own choices on DVD and in a Book that effect the outcome of you as the main character.

If you choose to lauch you adventure in reading, go to page 5.

If you choose to miss the biggest thing since Harry Potter, go to page 36.

--Characters--

Runal & the Yeti are well developed. They seem real, a sign of good character development.

--Artwork--

Excellent. The pictures of the Yeti are scary, and even the picture of Runal makes him come to life more.

--Story--

Excellent. Almost all of the endings, good or bad, are very entertaining. One thing that bothered me was that a few of the endings had nothing to do with the Yeti. Another of the endings was a little too unbelievable. But considering the overall quality of the story and endings, these are minor flaws that can be overlooked. Easily one of the best "Choose your own adventure" books I've ever read.

The Abominable Snowman is a great book.You have to find a yeti to proove that he really exists.On your way you'll find a friend to come along.But you never know what will happen next.You have to choose your own advenure.You could find the yeti and become rich and famous, or you find a city you will live in.Or you get scared before you even find the yeti and return back home.

Back in its heyday, the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series was one of the best, most exciting series for kids there was. Especially good were the ones by Edward Packard. His colleague R.A. Montgomery wrote less successful efforts. This one displays his fondness for negative and often arbitrary endings, as well as for a sort of new agey bizarreness. Ace illustrator Grainger is always good, though I wonder to think that anyone would ever pay for a hardcover of this light text, when a paperback would do.

Ahhh yes....CYOA. Back when cavemen roamed the earth, I loved this series. It was the most popular set of books in school-and all the rage for all us in grades 3-6th.

I've bought several CYOA for the kindle, actually, all of them. The books, some better than others-are a quick and fun read while waiting, or just to knock off a couple hours.

The abominable snowman-you're a world famous mountain climber out to find the yeti. What happens, like in every other CYOA, is up to you. The two titles I would love to see come to the kindle is the cave of time and return to the cave of time.

Simple, enjoyable read that is well worth introducing to any tweens-esp the reluctant reader.

The first time I ever read a Choose Your Own Adventure book was back in school. I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the copies the school library had. These books were extremely hard to checkout as every kid I knew loved to read them. Since my first read I've always loved these books and have wanted a set for my own bookshelf. However, they were very hard to get the older I got. Since their reissue I'm able to get a copy and read these great stories again or for the first time.

This is the first read I've had of this book. Considering I'm a lot older than when I first read a CYOA the reading was fast. Still thrilling to choose which way to go and the endings are many. I do wish the endings were a little better, the story, no matter the path chosen, just stops leaving the reader feeling a bit jipped. However, this is a classic and meant for a younger audience. Even being my old age of 35 I still enjoyed this book and found myself going back to the beginning and choosing the different options just to see if I was going to die or live on.

This book, as all CYOA, is excellent for everyone (ok maybe a bit young for us older folks) but entertaining nevertheless. If you have a child you'd like to encourage to read (which all should) these books are great place to start, fast and easy reads with a good adventure.

I've tried other game books, like Grey Star the Wizard (The World of Lone Wolf Book 1), and even though these types of game books are good, the hassle of having to keep track of stats and roll dice is just that, a big hassle. In the CYOA books all you need is a comfy place to read and the book. I'd choose CYOA over other game books any day.