Customer Reviews

Geronimo Stilton: Books 1-3: #1: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye; #2: The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid; #3: Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

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The Geronimo series books and audio books are all great. The audio books are well-done and do a lovely job of bringing stories to life. I definitely recommend listening to Sitlton for a long car/plane ride rather than the brain-numbing GameBoy. And my husband and I even enjoy listening in and will play the CD in the car rather than letting our kids listen privately on their Ipods. I also find these audio books to be a great price. If you're not familiar with the actual books, give them a try, too. The puns captivate your older reader who may techinically be older than the suggested reading level, and the fun colored fonts will encourage younger readers to push themselves. I am a big believer in reading books both below, at, and above reading levels (to gain confidence, push yourself, reinforce, and enjoy), so the Geronimo books are wonderful to appeal to those from ages 6 to 10 minimum.

My 9 Year old daughter was having some trouble with her reading and the entire Stilton series has reversed that. The books are very well written for young readers and the stories are even fun for the parent to read as well. Overall this is a fun series with alot of good humor and will make you child enjoy their reading experience

My son is just turning 3 and LOVES to listen to Geronimo in the car. The chapters are just the right length for short trips to the supermarket or post office. He quotes the narrator and loves the sound effects. It is entertaining for me too. Trust me, I've heard these 3 stories again and again. I got introduced to the series from a free CD of Curse of the Cheese Pyramid in the kid's meal at Wendy's. (I wish more fast food places would try this as a prize instead of plastic junk--it really gets the kids interested in reading.) He loved it and I've bought the first 2 sets in the series. If it's great for a 3 year old, it would be even better for kindergarten - 3rd graders too. I highly recommend it.

Do you want to read an exciting hilarious book? Well then The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid is waiting for you! Geronimo is a great newspaper editor. He has to go to Egypt because a scientist, Albert Spitfur, has a new way to make electricity! Geronimo went to Egypt because he needs to report the new way to make electricity. Geronimo's great grandfather is on a money diet (he is not spending a lot of money). Weird things happen, you will have to read the book! Oh, did I say they talk about cheese a lot in this book? Well they do!

I like how great grandfather William always calls Geronimo and screams at him, "You're spending too much money", when he really is not!

I recommend this book to people who like talking animals, Egypt and lot's of cheese! So read it!

We love these books on CD. However, the story titled, "Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House" has completely freaked out my 5 1/2 year old and he is unable to sleep because he is so spooked by this story. Perhaps skip this particular story and save yourself the sleepless nights if you have a child who tends to get scared easily.

I bought the Geronimo Stilton collection for my granddaughter and we listened to the 3 CDs at least 4 times already. I even listen to the great stories when I'm not with my granddaughter. The narration is great for all ages.

While purchased for our six year old grandson, both he and his older brother (who is nine) listened to all three books on the cd in one night. They throughly enjoyed it and want to have the next set. This CD has opened up the whole series of "Geronima Stilton" stories for both boys and they are eager to go to bed at night to listen to this CD over and over as they settle down to go to sleep.

My 7-year-old was not very interested in reading in kindergarten and when he started primary school here in Singapore (where kids start reading early), but somehow he was introduced to the Geronimo Stilton series in school and he's become a major fan of the character and the book series and reading in general. With a positive attitude, his reading overall has improved quickly.

To enforce this very good new habit of his I bought this CD set for him for Christmas, and nowadays when he asks me if he can use the computer he isn't asking so that he can play online games but so that he can listen to Geronimo Stilton. Sometimes he just listens, sometimes he reads along, but he always enjoys it. He wants to get more of the Geronimo Stilton CDs, but I think these will last him a while. He's listened to the stories two or three times in the one month since he got them.

The production values are pretty good, and the reading voices are lively, the sound effects fun. Cheese nuggets!

I have loaded the CDs into my computer - I find it better to have him to sit at a desk and listen to the chapters from a desktop computer rather than the stereo in the living room because it's easier to get out the books if he wants to read along; also, iTunes has helpful statistics, such as 'last listened' to help him remember where he left off, and he's happy that he gets a folder in iTunes all to himself.