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A review by jbolwerk8
Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels #18: First to the Last Place on Earth by Geronimo Stilton
3.0
Geronimo Stilton is recruited by the professor to travel with Amundsen to the South Pole because of a rumor that the pirate cats want to claim the discovery first. They travel back in time to 1910 for this expedition. They run across the pirate cats trying to mess up their mission by letting the dogs go loose and setting off an avalanche. The pirate cats don’t succeed, but Geronimo and his gang of friends and family were successful on their mission.
This is another book that I would have maybe felt a little better about reading had I read any of the earlier Stilton books. From what I can gather, there is always a mission like this, and it seems to travel in time, which would be an interesting aspect for kids. It feels kind of like The Magic School Bus series in that way to me, that it is educational yet entertaining. The pictures, while nicely done, seemed too detailed to have up to seven panels on a page…I think some detail got lost just because of the panel size. I also read this online, so maybe that was part of it.
This is another book that I would have maybe felt a little better about reading had I read any of the earlier Stilton books. From what I can gather, there is always a mission like this, and it seems to travel in time, which would be an interesting aspect for kids. It feels kind of like The Magic School Bus series in that way to me, that it is educational yet entertaining. The pictures, while nicely done, seemed too detailed to have up to seven panels on a page…I think some detail got lost just because of the panel size. I also read this online, so maybe that was part of it.