A Very Merry Christmas (Geronimo Stilton Series #35) »

Tis the season to be jolly -- and holey cheese was I trying! But on my way to New York City to meet my family for the holidays, my luggage got switched with another mouse's... Oh, rats! Now I had to scurry all over the Big Apple trying to track down that mouse... and all my Christmas presents! And I, Geronimo Stilton, am not a big cheese when it comes to getting around the Big Apple!

Children's Literature

Geronimo Stilton, publisher of The Rodent's Gazette, the most "famouse" newspaper not just of New Mouse City, but all of Mouse Island, is looking forward to Christmas—a time when all his family gathers at his house to celebrate.But his Grandfather, William Shortpaws, has agreed the whole family will go to New York City for the holidays and stay with his friend Klondyke MacMouse. Because of newspaper work, Geronimo does not go when his family goes, but heads to New York several days later. At New York's Kennedy Airport, Geronimo accidentally picks up the wrong suitcase and spends the rest of the day trying to meet up with the owner so he can switch bags. We follow Geronimo on a brief tour of major attractions in the city, such as the Empire State Building, Columbia University, the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center and the Brooklyn Bridge, among others. In the end, the frazzled mouse finds the MacMouse house and discovers his bag has beaten him there in the hands of Annabelle MacMouse Smith, whose bag he has. All the places Geronimo saw by following her schedule for the day were places she had planned to take him. They have a wonderful Christmas. It took me a while to get used to the different, what seemed to me, random type fonts, but the book does give a nice overview of "The Big Apple"—New York City. At the end of the book, the reader will find recipes for gingerbread cookies and brownies and instructions for making a wreath. Geronimo Stilton is author of many adventure tales (or is it tails?) Reviewer: Sarah Maury Swan