Hello readers! I’m back at it with another review!! (Oh god, why do I keep using the same intros? I’m a creative person, I write books for heaven’s sake, and I CAN’T FIND AN INTRO??)
Here I am, writing about another Geronimo Stilton book. “The enormous pearl heist”.
Straight up on the cover, we can see Geronimo the mouse leaning out of a ship or a boat, I don’t know which, looking in wonder at a very large clam. Beside him is Bugsy (don’t mind her name, I don’t know why the author gave that) and his nephew Benjamin whose age never goes higher or lesser than 9 years old.
From the back cover where the blurb is written, we can already tell what will happen, as in general case only one plotline is followed, but I get it, it’s a children’s book, and younger kids enjoy it. (even I used to gobble these up once upon a time)
Geronimo was just feeling like having a relaxing holiday when he and his friends made an ‘amazing discovery’. They had gone scuba diving, and while doing so this mouse spotted an enormous thing that he first thought was the jaws of a predatory animal. In the end, it turned out to be an Oyster.
(seriously, how do you mistake an OYSTER for jaws? Okay whatever.)
And that oyster contained an ‘enormous’ pearl which was very expensive and precious.
And someone wanted to steal it! (I know right, no one would have ever guessed it!) And it was their duty to uncover who it was and protect the pearl at all costs.
Will they be able to?
The book follows Geronimo and co. ‘s adventure in exceptional detail. It’s a little childish. The illustrations are awesome though, it’s not all books that can give you a beautifully detailed picture on every page. I get a lot of inspiration from how they detail all the stuff!
Another good thing is that the book or so, meaning it will be a quick read. Younger children might feel that big books are overwhelming, so such stories are good choices for them.
However, after a certain age, you might begin to feel the stories are getting too silly.anage to wrap up the mystery in only 100 page
One thing about Geronimo Stilton’s books is that while all the titles and stories are written differently, the plot more or less stays the same.
And when someone generously offers them a prize of money or gold etc, they all decide to be noble and decline it. Not in one single book will you find them
taking anything. I suppose it’s a good thing, to teach children not to be greedy.
I like how the story in this book was about something slightly different, I haven’t read a Geronimo Stilton book that talks of sea treasures before. And also the innovative way they free the oyster from the clutches of the evil thieves. It’s very unique, and I found it interesting.
I would suggest that this book is for younger children, who haven’t started middle school yet, because after a certain age, they will start to find it a little silly.
Anyways, see you all in another post! Goodbye now!
Kids books
The Treasure Hunters by Enid Blyton Book Review
I read this book on the Internet Archives as it wasn’t available on Amazon for sale.Imagine an Enid Blyton book being out of print!
But strangely enough ,the standalone adventure books are rarely found in paper back editions.I bought a yellowed hard backed Cherry tree farm last year and it’s like a heirloom .
The pictures are how I remember them from my childhood and not strange androgynous stick figures .But I am meandering from this book review.
Name of the book The Treasure Hunters
Author Enid Blyton.
Blurb:
The Greyling children Jeffrey,John and Sarah are visiting their grandparents at the Greyling farm.It’s going to be their last visit since there’s money trouble and the farm is for sale.While at the farm they find a tumble -down forgotten cottage and an ancient treasure map.But will they find the Greyling treasure and save the farm or will the horrible Mr.Pots take it all away!
Book Review:
A typical Enid Blyton treasure hunt adventure.Its full of good food,fun times,family love and a delicious treasure hunt.Its not too complicated but gives a good sense of solving a mystery in a feel good way.I am not the target audience and still loved it.
Who is this for?
It’s perfect for the 8 to 12 year old adventure lovers who like treasure hunts (who doesn’t)
Cons:Out of print and only available in the Internet Archives.
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Midnight Gang by David Walliams :Book Review by Young Reader
Hello dear readers! This is Miss A. Misra here after quite a while. (I really need to change that intro) I have read a good number of books while I was offline, and one of them includes The Midnight Gang by David Walliams. (please note that I did not buy this book though I have read it. How? I borrowed it from a friend)
I started reading it yesterday and it ended today.
Basically, I had just finished watching the first of “Attack on Titans” and decided that, well. Since I have nothing else to do, I’ll just finish the book real quick.
Firstly, the book is illustrated almost every few pages, which makes it easier to read and more fun for children. The drawings are quite decent and given in just the right places.
Second of all, the plot is very wholesome and sweet. It’s about a gang of children who are admitted in the children’s ward in Lord Funt’s hospital. They set about, fulfilling each other’s dreams in the most creative methods possible. For example. one boy wanted to fly. The children took all the helium balloons in the hospital and tied it to him so that he could float safely up the stairs and after popping a few balloons, float down again. There’s George, who loves eating and had his tonsils removed. Amber, who broke all her limbs because she fell off her bunk (don’t ask me how, I don’t know how.) Then there’s sarcastic Robin, who got some operation on his eyes and has to wear a bandage around them and can’t see. There’s Sally, who is so ill she almost always sleeps and has the tiniest amount of hair left. (I’m serious, almost all the hair on her head has fallen off) Then the new patient, Tom, who got hit by a cricket ball on the head. Together they form the midnight gang who set about at midnight (which is why they are called the midnight gang, as you probably have guessed by this time, it’s pretty obvious to me, but anyway-) And there is also last but not the least Porter, whose real name is unknown, who helps the children in their work. He has a lopsided face and one leg which is shorter than the other, however is very kind and generous even though he has no home of his own. Of course, there HAS to be an evil antagonist in a plot like this, who in this case is the matron, who hates children but takes care of the children’s ward. (???, I’m sorry, that makes no sense to me either, but it is what it is.)
Well, Tom’s parents live abroad and he feels lonely and unwanted because they hardly ever write to him in boarding school. He settles in the children’s ward quite well and even gets entry to the midnight gang (on the condition that he should always push Amber around on her wheelchair because no one else wanted to do so, on account of her being so terribly bossy. But that’s hardly the point, is it?) They have three main missions left to accomplish, Ambers’ (visiting the South Pole) George’s (flying) and Sally’s (living a wonderful life because she feels that since she’s always so ill, it would be a change for her to finally experience something else rather than lying in bed all day). The mean matron keeps trying to spoil their fun, so George puts a sleeping pill in the chocolates she eats at night, causing her to sleep all the time. That leaves the three children free to do whatever.
But they don’t include Sally in these adventures, since she is too ill and fragile. Tom, however, has no major problem with him, so he could join, as I mentioned before. The whole book is basically run on this whole plot.
The third thing I really liked about this story is that there is a whole lot of humour. Sarcasm, irony, simple jokes, or just random circumstances that appear funny to me for no reason,the full deal is packed into the book. However, the ending was rather too sudden, and I felt sad that (spoiler here) Tom just had to leave all his new friends .The reason you will find out when you read the book.Its unfair that everything just ends right when it was getting interesting. But if you think about it, no one can stay in a hospital forever and ever, no matter how ill you are.Atleast it’s not a good thing then.But since I am not discussing serious issues here this book review ends here.
Well, that was “The Midnight Gang” By David Walliams. I hope you liked this article. See you in the next one! Goodbye, signing off~
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Human Body for Kids-A Look Inside You by Dr.Amrita Basu-Book Launch
Human Body for Kids-A Look Inside You by Dr.Amrita Basu is my latest book .It’s a book to help kids 5 to 15 years have a quick understanding about what’s inside your body.
It’s free to read on Kindle Unlimited. Do give it a read and let me know ,what else you would like me to right about in health books for kids .
Additionally it’s free to download and gift from 31st August(1.30 pm IST)upto 5th September 2024.
Don’t forget to review the book and share with some one who likes knowing about the human body.
When I signed up for the Blogchatter Half Marathon, I was looking forward to finding new blogs to have on my reading list.That’s how I learned,when I started blogging with Blogchatter back in 2016/2017.
Blogging has come a long way and my writing books and turning author also happened with Blogchatter in 2017 and I haven’t looked back.I like writing both nonfiction and fiction and my readers keep me going.
You can see the entire library of books published, available on the Amazon website.
But why #BlogchatterHalfMarathon for the book launch?It’s because the Blogchatter bloggers are readers and many are parents ,who will understand my why.
When you look for books for your curious one,I hope you will give this a read. It’s not an Encyclopedia, but more of a handbook to get the curious kids want to know more about their body and how to stay healthy.
Just as a good diet is important for the kids growing up strong,healthy and happy,so too a diet for mind needs the right kind of books.I hope I can do what I set out to do.
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Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods: Book Review
Hello dear readers! This is Miss A. Misra here with another book review! ( that intro is getting too old..) This time, it’s quite a recent one. It’s “The Chalice of the Gods” by Rick Riordan, published in mid-September or October last year. I bought it at the airport along with the “Ordeal by Innocence” book I wrote about before. It is a smaller novel than the original Percy Jackson series but is connected to the series. The text print is bigger and easier to read (much to Mom’s approval). The book is left at a part where Percy STILL has a quest to finish, and it’s just my luck that the next book in the series has not even been published up to now! The release date is some three or four months away.
So, this time, Percy is going to another university, but it needs three recommendation letters from three different gods or goddesses. His councilor, a water nymph helps him search out a task. Ganymede, the cupbearer in Olympus, has lost his magical chalice ( If you didn’t know, it’s a type of fancy goblet with lots of designs and gold-rimmed edges and all those totally necessary jewels.) that grants anyone immortality. And of course, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover set off to investigate at once. According to Ganymede, everyone on Olympus, except for Zeus, hates him. Eventually, he points out that Hebe ( the Greek goddess of eternal youth, if I remember right. It’s pronounced like: “Hee-bee”, not “hey-bey” or anything else!) and Iris (the Greek goddess of the rainbow, and yeah, it’s pronounced as you see it, okay?) would be the most plausible suspects. Grover mentions that he THINKS he knows what Hebe’s secret lair is. And wouldn’t you be surprised? The name of the place was literally-
“Hebe Jeebies”
(insert “jungshook” face here)
How ironically obvious. But Hebe must have just taken one look at that word in the dictionary and been like: “Heebie” is pronounced like my name, so I’ll just go and (*steals*)Anyways, it was a sort of jumbo, massive, disco, karaoke, and arcade place rolled into one. There were candy types that existed AGES ago, arcade games no one remembered since their childhoods, and songs playing that were unheard of for years. So, it’s a place meant to cause nostalgia to be young again, which I guess does make sense since Hebe was the goddess of youth, anyway! Hebe was the manager and had taken her human form as a girl of around 14 or 15, with a paisley minidress and also some white boots along with them. Which, is not a very good style to go with, but from Percy’s POV, it looks okay. So, let’s let it pass the time.
When the trio reached, they met the manager of the place, Sparky, and she was nine years old. But do you know what? Well, she was 90-SOMETHING years old but after working in Hebe’s place she got her blessing and wished to be young again. Odd, but whatever. After some strolling around, they find Hebe in the karaoke bar and when they try to inquire about Ganymede’s cup, she gets angry and turns them all into eight years old again! When they try to go to Sparky, Sparky sets a flock of flesh-eating chickens on their trail!
( phew)
So now they are stuck as primary schoolers, need to find Ganymede’s chalice, not offend other goddesses, and get back to their original ages. That’s a whole load of work for a trio of teens. Did I mention that on the way Iris ( goddess of the rainbow) gives them ANOTHER quest that requires Percy to go to a river full of snakes? I did not. Now you know.
Will they be able to find the chalice? Not get killed by some snakes? And will they make it in time before Zeus finds out Ganymede lost the magic cup and blasts some people with his scary lightning bolts?
Well, this book was quite good and entertaining, but the plot just failed the point in my case. Why even? To get a college application he needs THREE QUESTS. I thought the mortal people didn’t even know of the gods-so how? I read that part so many times and it still did not make sense.
Otherwise, it’s really good. Though Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are all 17 now, the story is still written in the same sarcastic and humorous way I like. Some parts were so hilarious I almost fell off my chair. The humor is so spot on, it feels like it is Percy who is writing the book. Sometimes I have to remind myself that the narrator himself is fictional. The book ends without Percy getting his last quests, which is sad. But as it IS smaller than the rest of the original series that’s expected.
One thing to keep in mind is that to enjoy this book is to read some of the original series because there are so many inside jokes and lines that only fans of the series will get. If you haven’t yet read the original series, most of the jokes will make no sense to you!
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Murder in the Jungle:A Mystery Hounder Adventure by Sutapa Basu
Hello dear readers! It’s your one and only Miss A. Misra!! I am here to tell you my opinions about a book. I recently read it because my mom got it to review for Blogchatter s It’s called The Mystery Hounders: Murder in the Jungle, written by Sutapa Basu. The blurb at the back of the cover mentions FOUR children’s names, but almost immediately later says: “JOIN THE FIVE MYSTERY HOUNDERS”. And that made me go like Four kids, five mystery hound-OH WAIT WHAT?
But, actually, the fifth person is A MOUSE. A pet mouse that belongs to one of the kids, is called Vicky. The other kids are Tara, Kabir, and Ishi.
Basically, it’s about four children who work together to solve a mystery, about disappearing tigers from the Nargarhole forest reserve. Vicky and Tara’s father, the DFO Vinay Misra, and his team are confused, because there are OVER 100 cameras secured everywhere in the forest! And, none of them appear to have caught any sight of the mysterious activity. The story starts off with an author’s perspective from the jungle. No one about, the animals are in peace. Suddenly, the hyena senses something and cries out. All animals run away fearfully and hide, There is a great banging noise and the sounds of an animal thrashing about.
After a while the hyena creeps out of his hiding place and finds sticky blood on the grass and leaves. Scared, he dashes off lest he be killed too.
DFO and his team investigate, and are surprisingly encountered by the Nawab who lives nearby. He takes too much of an interest in the matter and even suggests they leave the case be. That’s enough to make the mystery hounders suspicious! While the DFO warns the kids not to interfere, they can not help but take an interest. Also, the manager of all the security tapes and hacking in Nagarhole reserve is strangely distant and avoids all questions by yelling in people’s faces.
A park ranger is turning up everywhere.
Their kitchen maid is nervous for some reason.
A young child comes up and claims he knows where the tigers are gone.
Will the mystery hounders be able to solve the case? Will they be in time? Will the tigers be saved?
Honestly? This book was interesting to read. The plotline is one such where I HAVE NEVER read or encountered before. Most “mystery” Y/A fiction stories are of-
1. Robbery.
2. Kidnapping.
3. Paranormal stuff.
4. Occasionally murder, which can be found in books like Agatha Chrisitie’s but not that of Enid Blyton’s.
This was the first book I read about animal poaching and awareness to that matter. As I said, it was interesting. I cannot say it was extremely exciting, ( except for some parts, like when Vicky disappears.), nor can I say it was boring, or humorous. There is 0% funny side of the story, except for just the common sibling bickering. The plotline and the hacking stuff made me hooked on to book. The Nawab’s character is an interesting one, but I liked Ruby’s ( The kitchen maid) better because it was well hidden and rather surprising.
Something that made me smile was when the children are invited to tea at the Nawab’s mansion and they get super bored because the tea is too strong, the Nawab too strange, and topic of discussion too boring! This seems so common to all children when you and your family members are invited to someone’s house for a “tea and chat”, the discussion generally ends up being about children and their studies, or politics.
Some places in the book are just- “meh” where nothing really happens, the children just argue and the adults keep telling them to not interfere in the mystery. One thing I did not understand was the illustrations. Considering it was a medium-sized book, there were probably ONLY 5 pictures. And in the most unnecessary places. Where we might WANT a picture to better visualize, there is none. But for example, a cup of tea is mentioned somewhere and a HUGE picture of a cup is given. Seriously?
Anyhow, my rating is a 4 out of 5. Because it was actually well written , I rather approved of it!
This is part of the Blogchatter Book Review Program.
