Geronimo Stilton

Overview

In the series, the title character is a talking mouse who lives in New Mouse City on Mouse Island. A best-selling author, Geronimo Stilton works as a journalist and editor for the fictional newspaper The Rodent's Gazette.

He has a younger sister named Thea Stilton, a cousin named Trap Stilton, and a favorite little nephew, nine-year-old Benjamin Stilton. Geronimo is a nervous, mild-mannered mouse who would like nothing better than to live a quiet life, but he keeps getting involved in far-away adventures with Thea, Trap, and Benjamin, and sometimes Aunt Sweetfur. The books are written as though they are autobiographical adventure stories.

The series originated in Italy and has become the most popular children's book series in that country. The books have been translated into 35 languages.

Papercutz obtained the rights to publish English translations of the graphic novels of Geronimo Stilton. These retain some of the original names of the characters that were changed in the storybooks translated by Scholastic. For example, the English translations of the graphic novels by Papercutz continue to use the names "Patty Spring" and "Pandora", while the storybooks by Scholastic changed these names to Petunia Pretty Paws and Bugsy Wugsy, respectively.

Special editions

Kingdom of Fantasy books

1. The Kingdom of Fantasy (October 2009)
2. The Quest for Paradise: The Return to the Kingdom of Fantasy (October 2010)
3. The Amazing Voyage: The Third Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy (September 2011)
4. The Dragon Prophecy: The Fourth Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy (September 2012)
5. The Volcano of Fire: The Fifth Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy (September 2013)
6. The Search for Treasure: The Sixth Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy (September 2014)
7. The Enchanted Charms: The Seventh Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy (June 2015)
8. The Hour of Magic: The Eighth Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy (June 2016)
9. The Wizard's Wand: The Ninth Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy (September 2016)
10. The Ship of Secrets: The Tenth Adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy (July 2017)

Journey Through Time books

1. The Journey Through Time (February 2014)
2. Back in Time: The Second Journey Through Time (February 2015)
3. The Race Against Time: The Third Journey Through Time (February 2016)
4. Lost in Time: The Fourth Journey Through Time (February 2017)

Thea Stilton special editions

1. The Journey to Atlantis (October 2012)
2. The Secret of the Fairies (October 2013)
3. The Secret of the Snow (October 2014)
4. The Cloud Castle (October 2015)
5. The Treasure of the Sea (October 2016)
6. The Land of Flowers (October 2017)

Creepella von Cacklefur books

1. The Thirteen Ghosts (August 2011)
2. Meet Me in Horrorwood (August 2011)
3. Ghost Pirate Treasure (February 2012)
4. Return of the Vampire (August 2012)
5. Fright Night (August 2013)
6. Ride for Your Life! (August 2014)
7. A Suitcase Full of Ghosts (August 2015)
8. The Phantom of the Theater (August 2016)
9. The Haunted Dinosaur (August 2017)

Cavemice books

1. The Stone of Fire (January 2013)
2. Watch Your Tail! (May 2013)
3. Help, I'm in Hot Lava! (November 2013)
4. The Fast and the Frozen (February 2014)
5. The Great Mouse Race (June 2014)
6. Don't Wake the Dinosaur! (November 2014)
7. I'm a Scaredy-Mouse! (March 2015)
8. Surfing for Secrets (July 2015)
9. Get the Scoop, Geronimo! (November 2015)
10. My Autosaurus Will Win! (March 2016)
11. Sea Monster Surprise (July 2016)
12. Paws Off the Pearl! (November 2016)
13. The Smelly Search (March 2017)
14. Shoo, Caveflies! (July 2017)

Spacemice books

1. Alien Escape (April 2014)
2. You're Mine, Captain! (August 2014)
3. Ice Planet Adventure (February 2015)
4. The Galactic Goal (May 2015)
5. Rescue Rebellion (September 2015)
6. The Underwater Planet (February 2016)
7. Beware! Space Junk! (May 2016)
8. Away in a Star Sled (September 2016)
9. Slurp Monster Showdown (February 2017)
10. Pirate Spacecat Attack (May 2017)
11. We'll Bite Your Tail, Geronimo! (September 2017)

Micekings books

1. Attack of the Dragons (April 2016)
2. The Famouse Fjord Race (August 2016)
3. Pull the Dragon's Tooth! (December 2016)
4. Stay Strong, Geronimo! (April 2017)
5. The Mysterious Message (August 2017)

Thea Stilton: Mouseford Academy books

1. Drama at Mouseford (October 2014)
2. The Missing Diary (October 2014)
3. Mouselets in Danger (November 2014)
4. Dance Challenge (November 2014)
5. The Secret Invention (February 2015)
6. A Mouseford Musical (February 2015)
7. Mice Take the Stage (December 2015)
8. A Fashionable Mystery (December 2015)
9. The Mysterious Love Letter
10. A Dream on Ice

Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels by PapercutZ

As of November 2016, 18 English translations of the graphic novels have been published.

1. The Discovery of America (18 August 2009)
2. The Secret of the Sphinx (18 August 2009)
3. The Coliseum Con (24 November 2009)
4. Following the Trail of Marco Polo (13 April 2010)
5. The Great Ice Age (6 July 2010)
6. Who Stole the Mona Lisa? (26 October 2010)
7. Dinosaurs in Action (1 February 2011)
8. Play It Again, Mozart! (13 September 2011)
9. The Weird Book Machine (31 January 2012)
10. Geronimo Stilton Saves the Olympics (5 June 2012)
11. We'll Always Have Paris (2 October 2012)
12. The First Samurai (19 March 2013)
13. The Fastest Train in the West (10 December 2013)
14. The First Mouse on the Moon (24 June 2014)
15. All for Stilton, Stilton for All! (13 January 2015)
16. Lights, Camera, Stilton! (4 August 2015)
17. The Mystery of the Pirate Ship (24 May 2016)
18. First to the Last Place on Earth! (22 November 2016)
19. Lost in Translation (29 August 2017)

Thea Stilton Graphic Novels by PapercutZ

1. The Secret of Whale Island (30 April 2013)
2. Revenge of the Lizard Club (20 August 2013)
3. The Treasure of the Viking Ship (22 April 2014)
4. Catching the Giant Wave (30 September 2014)
5. The Secret of the Waterfall in the Woods (9 February 2016)
6. The Thea Sisters and the Mystery at Sea (30 August 2016)
7. A Song for the Thea Sisters (14 March 2017)

Characters in the Geronimo Stilton Graphic Novels

The characters of Geronimo Stilton also used their other names from the 2nd to the 6th novel.

Other media

There are also audio-cassette and CD versions of the Geronimo Stilton books published by Scholastic Audio Books. There are 3 stories in the first three collections (1–3, 4–6, 7–9), book 10 is sold by itself, and the remaining books are sold in pairs (11–12, 13–14, 15–16, 17–18, 20–21, 22 and 24, 25–26). Books 1 through 10 are read by Edward Herrmann. Books 11–18, 20–22 and 24, and 25–26 are read by Bill Lobley.

TV series

An animated series of 26 episodes in each Season which debuted in Belgium and the Netherlands on 21 September 2009. A third season is currently in production.

Theatre

In 2016, Oregon Children's Theatre produced Geronimo Stilton: Mouse in Space, a world-premiere adaptation of Mouse in Space! by John Maclay, and the first live-action production of Geronimo Stilton media in the United States.

Musical theatre

The 'Kingdom of Fantasy' series has been developed into a live show, which has been performed in Spanish in Barcelona, Spain, Dutch in The Netherlands, Dutch/Flemish in Belgium and in both English and French in Montreal, Canada.

Comics/graphic novels

Papercutz has been publishing Geronimo Stilton graphic novels since 2009; they have published a line of Thea Stilton graphic novels since 2013.

The Rodent's Gazette Online

The Rodent's Gazette is Geronimo Stilton's most "famouse" newspaper in New Mouse City. It is updated every few months, with stories based on Geronimo Stilton's latest books and adventures. It is also the official Geronimo Stilton website for English readers.

The editors at Scholastic have stopped writing more top stories since Spring 2006. In the meantime, however, the "Book Reviews" section of the site is still being updated, with summaries, book covers, and of course, reviews about each of Geronimo's latest adventures.