The Surf Scare

Scooby-Doo! Picture Clue Books #18

by Michelle H. Nagler, Duendes del Sur (Illustrator)

SCOOBY-DOO is an 'Ameri-canine' icon, the most beloved cartoon pooch of the past three generations. The snack-sniffling sleuth and his pals are in the midst of a huge popularity and awareness upswing

The Picture Clue books are based on the traditional "rebus Reader" - using a picture as a tool for learning a word. On the sample spread, you can see where a picture is substituted for a word. This gives a young reader a sense of pride that she is "reading" the story. All pictures and vocabulary are on flashcards at the end of the book.

A big ((wave)) washed ((Scooby)) and ((Shaggy)) out to sea. They are lost on an ((island)). Can the gang save them? And what will they eat?

Genres: Picture Books, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Rosa Cline]

This is another 'picture book' where small pictures are in the text to help children learning to read to be able to read. But for someone reading it out loud it's hard to do. But this isn't a 'scary' story for the younger children either. So it's nice to introduce younger kids to Scooby without them being scared of him.

[Randie D. Camp, M.S.]

My son (a kindergartener) loves reading books with picture clues for unknown words. This is a great book for beginning readers and fans of Scooby-Doo.

[Meghan Nels]

I'm bummed this book has picture clues. I was looking for an easy reader for 1st graders and this one does not fit the bill.