Scooby-Doo And The Ghost School. Written & Illustrated by Robin Wasserman

Wasserman, Robin. Scooby-Doo And The Ghost school. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Print. 23 pages.
Age Group:	1 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	A Picture Clue Book that uses pictures to help tell the story. Young readers will become familiar with the vocabulary for each picture and will be able to join into the reading process. The Scooby-Doo gang; solve another mystery, like the ones the parents may remember from their childhood.
Personal Reaction:	A wonderful way to introduce young readers to genre of Fictional Mysteries. It will be fun to have them try to guess what happens next and the final outcome. I especially like the flash cards parents will be able to use with their children to reinforce vocabulary skills.
Keywords/Tags:	Fiction, Mystery, School, Ghosts
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left ~Books have a front, back and right side up ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books.