Scooby-Doo Comic Storybook #2: A Merry Scary Holiday (2) by Lee Howard

Scooby-Doo Comic Storybook #2: A Merry Scary Holiday (2) Reviews

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  Danielle Vetter

  Reading Level- 2.6
  Guided Reading Level- 3.5
  
  This book is about Scooby Doo and the gang's attempt to stop the snow monster from ruining Christmas. In the end, the gang solves the mystery and Christmas is enjoyed by all.
  
  This is a graphic novel due to the comic-strip format of the pictures and text.
  
  Writing Trait:
  Presentation- The use of the comic-strip format to tell the story is done in a very presentable way. The text does not include much information about the characters or the events of the story, so the pictures aid in reader understanding. There is a good use of white space, distinction between narrative text and character quotations, text features such as various font styles and sizes, and illustrations to support the text.
  
  Classroom Integration/Mentor Text:
  This text can be used as a mentor text for elementary students during a unit on visualization. The comic-strip format and illustrations add to the meaning of the words and clearly lay out what is occurring in the story. For students learning about visualization, the text can be read as a class. The class should stop periodically to close their eyes and visualize what is occurring in the story. The teacher should then show the pictures and discuss with students if their visualizations are similar to the illustrations or if they greatly differ. Students can also be challenged to draw a picture that accurately shows what is happening at various parts of the story in order to display their visualizations with the class. Students can refer to the mentor text throughout the year in order to keep their visualization skills fresh.
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  C. John Kerry

  This is an adaptation of an episode from the television show What's New Scooby Doo". It is a bit truncated but hey they only had so many pages to work with so the authors can be forgiven for that. It still contains the important parts of the story. The art is well done and the colours are very good, not murky at all which can sometime happen with this type of book. Even though I have seen this episode several times the adaptation still seemed fresh. In short if you, or someone in your family, is a fan of Scooby Doo, or just likes a good adventure story, this should satisfy. Happy reading.
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  Nikki

  This story was pretty good. There were some parts that seemed like information had been left out and parts where things weren't exactly in the order they should have been but overall the story and the pictures were pretty good so I enjoyed this book.
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  Lauren

  It’s a Scooby-Doo comic! Definitely better than I expected. Read this out of season & enjoyed it. (Basically, I read this in the summer - nowhere near Christmas.)
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  Karen Burt

  A Merry Scar Holiday is the Scooby-Doo version of When the Grinch Stole Christmas. This book is a fun comic book-book hybrid in structure. Despite it being popular fun book in nature, it provides a lot of educational as well as ethical conversation.
  
  It would be great for practicing prediction skills naturally as all Scooby-Doo stories are always about mystery. Other comprehension skills including but not limited to describing characters and summarization would be great with this book.
  
  The size is too small for a class read aloud, but it would be okay for an independent reader or for a one-on-one read aloud.
  
  The distinct, classic, loveable characters, comic book style illustrations, and speech bubbles provides plenty of opportunity for fun voice expressions and sound effects when reading. Even without, it would be naturally easy to engage a reader with the storyline.
  
  The usual anachronistic slang like jeepers is maintained in the book.
  
  The illustrations are full of funny facial expressions that truly support the text, and add extra meaning and conversation to the text.
  
  The book would be a great book for the holiday season. It is also would be good segue into a conversation about forgiveness and the spirit of giving.
  
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  Rosa Cline

  4 star
  
  This was written in a comic book style. So I would say it's for older readers and not for beginners.