The Hunt For The Golden Book

From the bestselling middle grade series, a chapter book about a mouse journalist searching for a missing computer, plus a bonus short mystery and jokes. Grandfather William was throwing me, Geronimo Stilton, a party—it had been ten years since I published my first book! He wanted me to write a new book especially for the occasion. Then my laptop was stolen right from under my snout. Cheese niblets, how terrible! Could my friends and I find my computer and print my book all in time for the party? BONUS! After the story, read an extra Mini Mystery adventure: The Lake Monster. When a mysterious monster is sighted in a lake on Mouse Island, Geronimo is called in to investigate! But can he figure out this creature’s secret? PLUS cheesy jokes galore! Praise for Geronimo Stilton’s books: “Lightning pace and full-color design will hook kids in a flash.” —Publishers Weekly

Taking as its narrative engine the hunt for an animal that is legendarily rare, Richard Girling writes an engaging and highly informative history of humankind's interest in hunting and collecting – what prompts us to do this? what good might come of our need to catalog all the living things of the natural world? Girling, named Environmental Journalist of the Years 2008 and 2009, has here chronicled – through the hunt for the Somali golden mole – the development of the conservation movement, the importance of diversity in the animal kingdom, including humankind within this realm, as well as a hard look at extinction. The Somali mole of the title, first descibed in print in a text book published in 1964, had as sole evidence of its existence only the fragment of a jaw bone found in an owl pellet, a specimen that seemed to have vanished as Girling began his exploration. Intrigued by the elusiveness of this creature and what the hunt for the facts of its existence might tell us about extinction, he was drawn to the dusty vaults of museums of natural history where the most rare artifacts are stored and catalogued, as he found himself caught up in the need to track it down. Part quest, part travelog, the book that results not only offers an important voice to the scientific debate about extinction and biodiversity it becomes an environmental call to arms.

A book containing many projects for boys and girls. It is well illustrated with clear drawings.

"Barbie hosts a scavenger hunt in this Little Golden Storybook edition that brings favorite stories to children."--Amazon.com

On his way to deliver a splendid necklace to the Sun from the Moon, Jack Hare is diverted by a series of odd characters and when he finally reaches his destination he realizes that the necklace is missing. The reader is invited to answer several riddles and solve the mystery from clues given in the text.

Uncle Scrooge and his three nephews search for the location of the fabulous Giant Pearl, unaware that they are being followed by Flintheart Glomgold and Magica de Spell.

Geronimo Stilton's laptop is stolen just as he is finishing up writing a special book, and he and his friends need to find it in time for the tenth anniversary party. In the bonus mini mystery, Geronimo is sent to the lake to get a news story and photographs of the lake monster for The Rodent's Gazette.

A mysterious monster has been sighted in a lake on Mouse Island. I knew I was just the rodent to investigate! But when I travelled to the lake with my family to try to photograph the monster everything started to go wrong. Could I figure out this creature's secret? Moldy mozzarella, it was an adventure!