Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

Geronimo Stilton would much rather stay at his desk than chase a treasure map, but Thea his sister, Trap his cousin and young Benjamin his nephew have other plans for him. This is where the series begins: a scrap of a map, an island nobody can find, and a nervous mouse journalist dragged along by relatives with far more appetite for danger. The pages themselves are part of the appeal, printed in colour with words that swell, shrink and change shape to match the action, which keeps young eyes moving and turns reading into something closer to a game. Where this one fits: • The opening volume of a series that now runs to a great many titles • Coloured, shape-shifting text that holds the attention of restless readers • Comedy built on a cowardly hero surrounded by braver relatives • Chapter lengths sized for children reading independently for the first time Best suited to readers around seven to ten and to families starting a long series together; published by Scholastic and stocked by Boipoka.