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By Michael San Filippo, About.com Guide to Italian Language since 1999

Geronimo Stilton: Italy's Answer to Harry Potter

Monday November 28, 2005
The publishing phenomenon Harry Potter has a new competitor, a furry little creature that speaks Italian and, ironically, is named after a British blue cheese. Italy, home to Topo Gigo, Topolino, and Peppino the Italian Mouse, now adds Geromino Stilton, a children's book character that's a publishing sensation, to their growing menagerie of popular rodents.

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