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Via le zampe dalla pietra di fuoco!

2011

  • hombre prehistórico
  • spanish language materials
  • prehistoric peoples
  • fiction
  • ficción juvenil
  • trogloditas
  • mystery and detective stories
  • periodistas
  • humorous stories
  • fire

The story

This NEW Geronimo Stilton series spin-off is set in the Stone Age!Who is Geronimo Stiltonoot? He is a cavemouse -- Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor. He runs the stone newspaper in the prehistoric village of Old Mouse City. From dealing with dinosaurs to dodging meteorites, his life in the Stone Age is full of adventure!THE STONE OF FIREOld Mouse City is in an uproar. The most precious artifact in the mouseum -- the Stone of Fire -- has been stolen! Geronimo Stiltonoot and his cavemouse friend Hercule Poirat are on the case. It's up to them to retrieve the stone from the ferocious Tiger Khan and his band of fearsome felines!

What it’s like

Bright, cartoonish, and cheerfully chaotic, this is a children's chapter book with the feel of a comic strip spread across a prehistoric village: a cavemouse newspaper office, a mouseum full of stone treasures, and a sense that everything is slightly ridiculous on purpose. Sentences are short and punchy, with frequent jokes, playful wordplay, and mock-breathless narration that keeps the pace bouncing from one gag to the next. The mood is light and upbeat, with a steady undercurrent of mystery-solving and a little comic peril that never gets heavier than a tense stakeout or a chase. Violence is absent, and the threat from the feline gang is mostly cartoonish menace; fear stays mild and quickly undercut by humor. Its warm camaraderie between two friends who bicker and then pull together suits a lazy afternoon, a read-aloud with young kids, or a comfort pick when you want something silly and easy. It is for children around eight to ten, and for adult readers who want something gentle, funny, and unpretentious.

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