Vaibhav has always loved to listen to someone read. And started reading by himself when he was around 5 as compared to his sister who could read beautifully even at 4!If there is that rare silence (that every mother dreads especially when the kids are still at home)and I'm wondering what the kids are upto, I can be sure to find Shriya curled up with a book and Vaibhav very rarely with one.
But ever since Geronimo Stilton got into Vaibhav's life, he's reading and reading and reading some more. He saves his money to buy the 10$+ a copy of the Geronimo series.I was curious and read one. And I could totally understand why he was hooked. The quirky editor-mouse always got entangled in some sort of mystery which he solved by accident. The pages have little illustrations and the lines are not necessarily in order. They could go up a mountain, get suddenly squiggly and go all around a block of cheese depending on what was being discussed.
I'm more than glad.....atleast all the money that he saves now goes into forming a collection of books instead of those ultra silly Animal Kaizer cards and GoGos.I pinch myself and stifle a grin everytime his friends and he start discussing plots and start exchanging the books they have not read!!
This complete change sounds a little too dramatic right? Especially for a bunch of sweaty boys who could not get enough of soccer and tennis!
Keeping fingers crossed.....I'm not sure if this is just a craze like the others or if its here to stay!
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