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Four Mice Deep in the Jungle (Geronimo Stilton (Numbered Prebound))

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This is the book that could have fixed series. In this book Geronimo Stilton actual starts to "be a man", but since all the books seem to stand alone have little or nothing to do with the others he back to normal in the next installment.

I started reading the Geronimo Stilton books to my 7 year old son to try to get him more interested in reading. The books are well written. My sons enjoys books, but the more of them you read the more you realize that Geronimo Stilton is not a good infulence. We curently on book #9 and this it no more.

Geronimo Stilton is constantly complaining and wining. He is pushed around and manipulated by his sister, his cousin, and to a certain extent his sweet little nephew. The books are very formulaic. In almost every book I have read so for our hero, Geronimo Stilton, is dragged into an adventure kicking and screaming like a two year old throwing a fit. He eventually has fun in the end but on the way he excessly complains and wines the entire time. I have never read any childrens book before with phrase "I hate .." in it so many times. If you want a positive infulence on your child through reading this isn't it.

This is a great chapter book. It keeps kids wanting to read more (or have more read to them). My husband and I have read this book MANY times to our son...who giggles each time!

In Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House, we learned that Geronimo Stilton is afraid of cats . . . and things that go bump in the night. In Four Mice Deep in the Jungle, Geronimo's fear list has expanded to include leaving his home. How will The Rodent's Gazette operate without him?

Geronimo knows he has a problem and seeks help from Dr. Shrinkfur by telling his troubles while lying on a soft cat-fur couch. Dr. Shrinkfur sensibly observes that solving the fears is up to Geronimo.

After building his courage overnight, Geronimo goes downstairs and starts off for work. And everything bad that can happen occurs in the next 30 seconds!

That's it. Will Geronimo ever leave home again? Yes, if his sister Thea has anything to do with it. Thea, cousin Trap, and favorite nephew Benjamin team up to mouse-nap Geronimo for an undisclosed location. Along the way, Geronimo is able to take his minds off his troubles by eating lots of delicious cheesy chews and meeting the lovely Penelope Poisonfur, who just happens to have the next seat on a flight to someplace far away.

Flattered by Penelope's interest in him, Geronimo signs a paper she thrusts in front of him. Suddenly, he finds that he has to follow her orders at a survival school . . . or pay one million dollars. Since he doesn't have that kind of money, Geronimo is stuck.

Over seven days, he starts days off chillingly and faces many of his worst fears. Strangely, he feels better after each episode.

This book is in the best tradition of slapstick comedy and has a nice sex role reversal in making the female mice mentally and emotionally stronger than the male mice.

If your youngster has an occasional fear or two, it will be a relief so see that Geronimo is much worse . . . yet can be helped. It's a nice soft sell for learning to overcome your fears by facing up to them. Very nice!

Following review is by Isabella (6 yr old):

" . .i have been a brave mouse... but lately, my fears were taking over my life so thea and trap decided to cure me. they dragged me away on an airplane im afraid of flying all the way to the jungle. there i was forced to eat bug soup, climb trees as tall as skyscrapers, swim in raging rivers, and even wrangle snakes how would a fraidy mouse like me ever survive.. . a good fast book alot happening. . i liked to read it."

Yes yet another 'Stilton' book. They all are well put together. Page lay-out. illustrated nicely and appropriately. Good story line. The newer editions have more additional info besides the main story. . . . But what we like is that it keeps the kids away from the boob-tube and keeps 'em reading.

My six year old absolutely loves this mouse and his mousy adventures. From "Ratlantic Ocean" to "Mouse Everest" this series has him hooked to reading. We love that the text is not boring but cleverly illustrated to give it a graphic feel.

FOUR MICE DEEP IN THE

JUNGLE

BY: Geronimo Stilton

Four Mice Deep Of The Jungle is about a mouse named Geronimo Stilton. He is afraid of everything. So then his sister named Thea told a girl mice who was Geronimo's #1 fan of Geronimo's books, to trick him into signing a contract saying that he would attend a camp of having to do everything that he was afraid of. So he signed the contract. He did not know what it was for. The girl had told him that it was just going to be his autograph that she wanted. So Geronimo loved he thought that she was so pretty he did not even read one word that was on the contract. So when he got on the airplane and headed to the jungle where the camp was going to be held at. He didn't know that he was going to go to camp. So when he got there he was so freaked out that he could not say anything except for yelling. Then Thea and the pretty lady put him in the room. So then the next day he had to do all the things that he was afraid of. Read the rest of the book to find out what happened next!!!