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A Christmas Tale is a very popular childrens’ book authored by Elisabetta Dami under the pen name Geronimo Stilton and has its story revolving around a little mouse who resides in the New Mouse City in Mouse Island. Summary Of The Book A Christmas Tale is one among the popular Geronimo Stilton series and is about the importance of having family during the occasion of Christmas. The events of the book are based around Christmas time where the protagonist Geronimo, a mouse, is impatiently waiting to celebrate Christmas eve with his friends and family but becomes extremely upset when he discovers that they are travelling out of town during that time. The mouse realizes that he will be all alone on Christmas eve and this makes him really sad. He feels like a killjoy who is unwanted everywhere. Discovering whether the mouse will spend the Christmas all alone or with someone he knows is the captivating part of the book.  Although Elisabetta Dami did not win any awards during her time, her books had a faithful audience and were well received. The books in the Geronimo Stilton series are adventure books intended for children in the age group of 6-12. Since the year 2000, when the first story came out, more than 65 million copies with 20 million in Italy and 45 million in the rest of the world, have been sold. The books have been adapted into an animated series Geronimo Stilton which is being aired since 2009 on Italian channels. Also, the series has been translated into 35 different languages. About Elisabetta Dami Elisabetta Dami has authored and created the Geronimo Stilton Series. She writes under the pseudonym, Geronimo Stilton. Other Geronimo books written by her are Red Pizzas for a Blue Count , A Cheese-Colored Camper, A Fabumouse Vacation for Geronimo,  My Name is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton, A Fabumouse School Adventure, Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro, The Mystery in Venice, and Rumble in the Jungle. She is an Italian children's fiction writer born in Milan in 1958, and has written more than 50 books. She follows a very simple yet  unique style of writing making it interesting yet easy to understand for children. Elisabetta is the daughter of Piero Dami who was the founder of Dami Editore. As a volunteer, she has always helped the diseased and ill children and it was this experience that gave her the idea of writing adventure stories for children. She has not only explored the world on her own, but at 23 years of age, she has run a 75-mile marathon in the Sahara Desert, done trekking in Nepal, also climbed Kilimanjaro,  done parachute jumps, and as well as run two New York City marathons. Few years back she also acquired a pilot's license.