The Abominable Snowman (Choose Your Own Adventure #1)

Comparable to myself, you’re probably under the impression that these books remain true to what you experienced as a child. Wrong answer. Cell phones. Internet. Basically everything that has impeded upon childhood.

I used to love Choose Your Own Adventure stories when I was younger, I love that my own kids can now enjoy them. This story allows the reader to choose what happens in the story - death, adventure, you choose. There are 28 total endings, which means basically 28 total stories! I have been reading this with my 8 year old and he loves that he can choose the ending that he wants depending on his mood!

What I really like about the book is there are a few blank pages at the end titled "Adventurer's Log" and a 10 question quiz - which for parent's is great to see how your children's comprehension of the story went. There are even pictures throughout the book.

In the book:
Secret lands visited 3
Catlike aliens 4
Dancing Yeti 5
Mountain peaks 6

I received this book to review in exchange for sharing my honest opinion.

I think I settled for reading this Choose Your Own Adventure book because it promised to be at least vaguely science fiction-related, being that it was about a mysterious creature and I expected to get to see it in my travels. This was another book where the endings were just sort of weird, and there were some strange stereotypes (you know, because if you're in Tibet, of course you're going to end up dealing with monks!). I don't mean that the endings were weird in a good way; they were just sort of disconnected or random. But at least there were a lot of DIFFERENT outcomes, and some of them didn't actually involve the abominable snowman himself so it actually sort of conveyed the feeling that he WAS a bit elusive.

The Choose Your Own Adventure series is excellent to motivate your children and students to read. The book lets you make your own choices and find out what happens to your character. Kind of like a video game in a book. This particular one The Abominable Snowman is one of RA Montgomery's best and will be lauched on DVD in August of 2006. Imagine being able to make your own choices on DVD and in a Book that effect the outcome of you as the main character.

If you choose to lauch you adventure in reading, go to page 5.

If you choose to miss the biggest thing since Harry Potter, go to page 36.

The Abominable Snowman is a great book.You have to find a yeti to proove that he really exists.On your way you'll find a friend to come along.But you never know what will happen next.You have to choose your own advenure.You could find the yeti and become rich and famous, or you find a city you will live in.Or you get scared before you even find the yeti and return back home.

I loved Choose Your Own Adventure books as a child, and was excited to be able to download to my Kindle and share them with my kids. Turning print books into Kindle format is sometimes hit and miss, but this is a definite hit! In fact, clicking to go to your choice of plot decisions is so much easier than flipping through the book for the specified page. And the pictures are just as I remembered.
The plot of this one -- seeking the elusive Yeti up in the Himalayas -- is enjoyable and mildly educational, and my five-year-old especially likes going through it again and again. I'm going to download some of the others now.

--Characters--
Runal & the Yeti are well developed. They seem real, a sign of good character development.

--Artwork--
Excellent. The pictures of the Yeti are scary, and even the picture of Runal makes him come to life more.

--Story--
Excellent. Almost all of the endings, good or bad, are very entertaining. One thing that bothered me was that a few of the endings had nothing to do with the Yeti. Another of the endings was a little too unbelievable. But considering the overall quality of the story and endings, these are minor flaws that can be overlooked. Easily one of the best "Choose your own adventure" books I've ever read.

Choose your own Adventure books are unbelievably exciting! Who doesn't love a book where you can choose what you want to do? And you can die twenty different ways! You can also triumph too! This is a great book series for kids of all ages- even adults who are kids at heart!

Wow! This book is great. I remember the Choose Your Own Adventure series were some of the only books I would actually borrow from our elementery school library. It's awesome that they have kept the same stories while giving them new updated covers and artwork. I would definitely reccomend this book for any kid 7 and up, or any adult who read the series as a child. These books really made me want to read as a kid because they let you choose your own story. The Abominable Snowman is probably one of the best ones, the endings are really creative.

Wow! This book is great. I remember the Choose Your Own Adventure series were some of the only books I would actually borrow from our elementery school library. It's awesome that they have kept the same stories while giving them new updated covers and artwork. I would definitely reccomend this book for any kid 7 and up, or any adult who read the series as a child. These books really made me want to read as a kid because they let you choose your own story. The Abominable Snowman is probably one of the best ones, the endings are really creative.