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Geronimo Stilton #32
La Vallée des squelettes géants
Par une étouffante journée de juillet, Geronimo cherche l'inspiration pour écrire une nouvelle histoire, quand, soudain, son cousin Traquenard fait irruption dans mon bureau, tenant à la patte une carte qui a appartenu à un arrière-arrière-grand-oncle, Colorado Stilton, et sur laquelle est signalé l'emplacement d'un trésor ! C'est ainsi que les Stilton partent pour une nouvelle aventure. Destination : la Mongolie !
131 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2006
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Geronimo Stilton
2,047 books3,226 followersA pseudonym of Elisabetta Dami, see also Tea Stilton.
Elisabetta Dami is an Italian author that currently resides in Italy. She is the author of the Geronimo Stilton series, a bestselling childrens book. She enjoys traveling the world seeking ideas for her series. She writes under a pseudonym of Geronimo Stilton. She is also a co-owner of Italian based publishing company Edizioni Piemme.
Elisabetta Dami is an Italian author that currently resides in Italy. She is the author of the Geronimo Stilton series, a bestselling childrens book. She enjoys traveling the world seeking ideas for her series. She writes under a pseudonym of Geronimo Stilton. She is also a co-owner of Italian based publishing company Edizioni Piemme.
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February 25, 2016
Valley of the Giant Skeletons is about Geronimo Stilton and his family's journey to Mongolia to find dinosaur bones.
Geronimo is unsure what to write about in his next novel. His cousin Trap Stilton scares him and asks what Geronimo is writing about. Geronimo admits he is fresh out of ideas.
Trap shows Geronimo a map and tells him that it was their Great-Great-Great Uncle's.
The map says that there is treasure in Mongolia. Trap calls Geronimo's sister Thea Stilton and Geronimo's Nephew Benjamin Stilton. Trap asks if they are willing to go to Mongolia. Both mice say yes to the adventure.
The next day the trip to Mongolia begins.
Geronimo gets an invite to ride in the car of a complete stranger and agrees. Trap is hesitant at first but he agrees after he hears about the food supply.
A few days later after resting for a night under the stars the family awakens to find the guide of there trip gone along with the car, the map, and the food supply.
Geronimo, Thea, Trap, and Benjamin start out on foot and end up caught in a sandstorm.
Two young Mongolian mice are heading home and here the Stilton's calls for help. the mice take them to their home where the Stiltons meet the parents of the two young mice.
The family nourishes the Stilton's. Geronimo tells the parents about the map and asks if they know where the valley of the giant skeletons is. Sadly they don't.
Benjamin paints the map the best he can from memory. The family then recognizes the valley and takes the Stilton's there. Geronimo is left to guard the bones they find in the valley.
Geronimo is attacked by the impostor that has been following them to Mongolia so she can make money off the bones.
The man who drove the Stilton's to the dessert and then deserted them is a partner of the impostor.
The book ends with the bones being donated to the Museum of Natural History. There is a special plaque put up for Great-Great-Great Uncle Wally Stilton.
This book is a very fast easy to read book. Personally it is to young for me. However it is not to young for ages 6-7 to 9-10.
-Jocelyn Kuntz
Geronimo is unsure what to write about in his next novel. His cousin Trap Stilton scares him and asks what Geronimo is writing about. Geronimo admits he is fresh out of ideas.
Trap shows Geronimo a map and tells him that it was their Great-Great-Great Uncle's.
The map says that there is treasure in Mongolia. Trap calls Geronimo's sister Thea Stilton and Geronimo's Nephew Benjamin Stilton. Trap asks if they are willing to go to Mongolia. Both mice say yes to the adventure.
The next day the trip to Mongolia begins.
Geronimo gets an invite to ride in the car of a complete stranger and agrees. Trap is hesitant at first but he agrees after he hears about the food supply.
A few days later after resting for a night under the stars the family awakens to find the guide of there trip gone along with the car, the map, and the food supply.
Geronimo, Thea, Trap, and Benjamin start out on foot and end up caught in a sandstorm.
Two young Mongolian mice are heading home and here the Stilton's calls for help. the mice take them to their home where the Stiltons meet the parents of the two young mice.
The family nourishes the Stilton's. Geronimo tells the parents about the map and asks if they know where the valley of the giant skeletons is. Sadly they don't.
Benjamin paints the map the best he can from memory. The family then recognizes the valley and takes the Stilton's there. Geronimo is left to guard the bones they find in the valley.
Geronimo is attacked by the impostor that has been following them to Mongolia so she can make money off the bones.
The man who drove the Stilton's to the dessert and then deserted them is a partner of the impostor.
The book ends with the bones being donated to the Museum of Natural History. There is a special plaque put up for Great-Great-Great Uncle Wally Stilton.
This book is a very fast easy to read book. Personally it is to young for me. However it is not to young for ages 6-7 to 9-10.
-Jocelyn Kuntz
May 2, 2021
Really good book amazing story plot and overall rating is 4.5
May 11, 2026
4⭐️
Perfetto comunque per ripassare anche il mio spagnolo - sicuramente arrugginito dagli anni di inutilizzo -, la storia mi è piaciuta davvero molto!
Come sempre interessantissime le pagine dedicate a specifiche tecniche - tipo i dinosauri e la Mongolia!
Come sempre non solo un libro per bambini, ma anche molto istruttivo e divertente!
Perfetto comunque per ripassare anche il mio spagnolo - sicuramente arrugginito dagli anni di inutilizzo -, la storia mi è piaciuta davvero molto!
Come sempre interessantissime le pagine dedicate a specifiche tecniche - tipo i dinosauri e la Mongolia!
Come sempre non solo un libro per bambini, ma anche molto istruttivo e divertente!
June 1, 2017
Geronimo was working on his office.He run most popular newspaper in the Mouse city. Its called the Rodent's Gazette. He also write adventure books. He was working on his latest novel. but too bad he couldn't think so any story. That when his cousin Trap placed something on his desk. It was a very,
very old looking piece of yellowed paper.
It was good adventure!!
very old looking piece of yellowed paper.
It was good adventure!!
October 2, 2012
it is so funny because the first picture on the title has geronimo stilton running away from a skeleton of a dinosaur chasing him and it was not real. -aj
January 22, 2019
Very interesting story. I found captivating the adventure taken place in Mongolia. It got us as reader to know more about the place and the people living there.
July 24, 2017
This is another great book (#32) in the Geronimo Stilton easy reader series, copyright 2006. Many children and even middle grade students will appreciate the fast pace of Geronimo Stilton and his family's adventure to uncover a treasure. After finding a lost map of their deceased uncle, the newspaper editor Geronimo along with his sister, nephew and cousin, try to find "treasure" in the Gobi desert. Reading level is Fountas & Pinnell J-P for emergent readers, ages 7-10.
Characteristic of genre: The imaginative story makes it fantastic fiction. There is no shortage of exciting places (even Cousin Trap's Orient Express train car home) to visit in this book with accompanying cut-away diagrams, vivid maps, interesting facts (some nonfiction thrown in), illustrations, and even a folktale.
Characteristic of genre: Keeping with its young audience, the text is super fun (if it's not distracting) embellished with color and multiple fonts, sizes, and placement on the page. This easy reader is broken down into small chapters.
It serves its young audience of emergent readers by providing another exciting adventure in the series that they will enjoy and learn from.
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Characteristic of genre: The imaginative story makes it fantastic fiction. There is no shortage of exciting places (even Cousin Trap's Orient Express train car home) to visit in this book with accompanying cut-away diagrams, vivid maps, interesting facts (some nonfiction thrown in), illustrations, and even a folktale.
Characteristic of genre: Keeping with its young audience, the text is super fun (if it's not distracting) embellished with color and multiple fonts, sizes, and placement on the page. This easy reader is broken down into small chapters.
It serves its young audience of emergent readers by providing another exciting adventure in the series that they will enjoy and learn from.
No awards or book reviews known.
January 19, 2022
Geronimo Stilton has such good vibes, every once in a while I've got to read his books. This particular volume did an excellent job of featuring some educational content about Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and Genghis Khan.
However, SPOILER:
However, SPOILER:
July 19, 2020
This book is great like in the story, Geronimo’s cousin Trap found a map kept by his uncle which was killed by a crocodile.The map said there were some treasures kept somewhere in the Mongolia Desert so the Stilton family followed the treasure map and try to find the treasure that his uncle can’t find. The whole story is quite scary because Geronimo believed someone that he shouldn’t believe and made everyone hate him!
June 7, 2022
Geronimo and his friends follow a treasure map to Mongolia, where they find a precious Tarbosaurus skeleton. The Shadow tries to steal it. A group of Mongolian mice save the day, defeat the Shadow, and agree to donate the skeleton -- clearly a well known local landmark -- to a museum.
The museum thanks their donors by putting up a plaque honoring the Stilton family uncle who wrote the treasure map. (No mention of the Mongolian mice who donated it.)
The museum thanks their donors by putting up a plaque honoring the Stilton family uncle who wrote the treasure map. (No mention of the Mongolian mice who donated it.)
April 16, 2022
finalmente con questo libro leggo, leggo, leggo e non vuole più smettere. trovo le storie avvincenti e ingoia questi libri come se non avessi mai fatto altro nella vita. confesso che io non ero una bambina tranquilla, e vedermi ferma per un'ora a leggere senza battere ciglio è davvero meraviglioso. imparo tantissime cose poi: vocaboli nuovi, storia, geografia, scienze. davvero eccezionali.
September 1, 2022
No início, as personagens tinham muita esperança num determinado tesouro. Afinal, este acabou por ser ainda melhor e mais valioso do que eles pensavam, chegando a ser espetacular para a ratinidade (humanidade dos ratos).
September 11, 2023
This book gave me a lot of stuff to look at. This book has colorful fonts and fun pictures. The main character is a fun mouse and little kids who read this will be reading all day. I love this book because it is never tiring. Normal books are boring, unlike this one.
May 24, 2024
un bel libro.. come tutti quelli di Geronimo Stilton alla fine!
un viaggio alla scoperta della Mongolia per cercare un tesoro con tutta la sua famiglia; daranno un grande aiuto alla scienza con questo loro viaggio.
è presente un colpo di scena stratosferico.
un viaggio alla scoperta della Mongolia per cercare un tesoro con tutta la sua famiglia; daranno un grande aiuto alla scienza con questo loro viaggio.
è presente un colpo di scena stratosferico.
Want to Read
January 2, 2018It looks interesting😎
October 7, 2020
Adventure, dinosaurs, and a heist. What more could anyone want??
January 1, 2021
We all have a little bit of Trap in us.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 17, 2021
Book was ok ok.Soooo BORING.
October 3, 2021
yay skeletons
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May 17, 2023The first Geronimo Stilton book I ever owned!
September 25, 2023
4.5. I really liked this one because it captures some good info about life in Mongolia and without distracting from the story.
September 12, 2024
Great book. All 3 of my kids have loved this series
October 28, 2024
Otra vez Geronimo Stilton y algo que tenga que ver con dinosaurios.
July 22, 2025
t'es vachement naïf Geronimo quand même...
May 8, 2026
3.5*
March 18, 2017
I loved this book!!!!! I wish it was longer! It wasn't the best Geronimo Stilton book I've read but I was really good!
June 7, 2020
Geronimo who was the editor of the rodents gazzette the popular newspaper on the mouse island and also a adventours author who wrote many books.
In the valley of the giant skeleton once Geronimo was in his office thinking for a story but could not his cousin Trap came and gave the map of Mongolia Geronimo spooted a treasure cross.
So they made plan to go to Mongolia in the Gobi desert and into the valley of the giant skeleton
In the valley of the giant skeleton once Geronimo was in his office thinking for a story but could not his cousin Trap came and gave the map of Mongolia Geronimo spooted a treasure cross.
So they made plan to go to Mongolia in the Gobi desert and into the valley of the giant skeleton
April 17, 2012
Absolutely adorable children's book! One thing I love about the Geronimo Stilton books is that you can read them out of order - each book is its own complete adventure with a real introduction to Geronimo himself. Indeed, this was the first book my son and I picked up, and we enjoyed it thoroughly! I really look forward to reading the rest of the series with him.
In this book, as the cover picture and name suggests, Geronimo finds himself in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia searching for a lost treasure. You guessed it what he finds! We really enjoy the educational value of these books; my son was on a dinosaur kick at the time, and this book not only built upon his factual knowledge in that realm, but also exposed him to the culture and geography of Mongolia. We have also been reading the Magic Tree House series, and although I enjoy the facts there, I have to say I much prefer Geronimo Stilton as a whole. The plots of each story are WAY better, exciting, and funny, and your kids will likely learn just as much, but in a different way. I definitely recommend this series to anyone with 7-11 year old kids.
In this book, as the cover picture and name suggests, Geronimo finds himself in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia searching for a lost treasure. You guessed it what he finds! We really enjoy the educational value of these books; my son was on a dinosaur kick at the time, and this book not only built upon his factual knowledge in that realm, but also exposed him to the culture and geography of Mongolia. We have also been reading the Magic Tree House series, and although I enjoy the facts there, I have to say I much prefer Geronimo Stilton as a whole. The plots of each story are WAY better, exciting, and funny, and your kids will likely learn just as much, but in a different way. I definitely recommend this series to anyone with 7-11 year old kids.
January 3, 2016
The first Geronimo Stilton book our family read was actually one of the Cavemice books. My son (age 4) saw this one when I was flipping through our digital library category and had me read the entire thing in one sitting. This was the first book we've read from the original series (we've already read some of the Spacemice, Fantasy, and Cavemice books). I was surprised (and delighted) to find him eager for me to keep reading.
While recommended for kids ages 7 and up, these books keep my four year old well engaged with the images and fun fonts. Geronimo is clumsy, cute, and funny. There are some jokes that go over my 4 year old's head, but I enjoyed them and they are age appropriate (for the recommended ages of 7-10).
While recommended for kids ages 7 and up, these books keep my four year old well engaged with the images and fun fonts. Geronimo is clumsy, cute, and funny. There are some jokes that go over my 4 year old's head, but I enjoyed them and they are age appropriate (for the recommended ages of 7-10).
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