Scooby-doo Video Tie-in 8x8

by Jesse Leon McCann, Duendes del Sur (Illustrator)

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

On the bonnie banks of Loch Ness, Scooby and the gang have landed in a LOCH of trouble!
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Scooby-Doo and his friends are headed to Scotland for the Highland Games! The lads and lassies of Mystery, Inc. can't wait to check out Scotland's famous kilts, sheep, and castles. But before long, the infamous Loch Ness Monster makes a mysterious appearance - and threatens to ruin the Games for good! Can Velma, Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby track down this big, plaid monster? Or will Nessie serve up more than just a wee bit of trouble?

Genres: Mystery, Adventure, Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2004

About the author

Jesse Leon McCann is an American comic book and children's book author. He wrote most of the stories for the Pinky and the Brain comic series, edited two out of the four Simpsons episode guides, and wrote all of the Smiley the Psychotic Button comics for Chaos! Comics. McCann's Shrek II movie adaptation novel made the New York Times Best Selling Children's Book list in 2005. While McCann mostly scribes comic books and children's books, he has written for a variety of genres in different forms (such as the Austin Powers trivia game).

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

The gang has arrived in Scotland to visit Daphne's cousin Shannon and see the Loch Games. A monster keeps messing things up and scaring people so they now have a new mystery to solve. Turns out there a few monsters and pranksters and enthusiasts are trying to prove the Loch Ness Monster is real.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc gang find themselves in Scotland visiting Daphne's cousin Shannon during the Loch Ness Highland games. But when the games are threatened by what appears to be the legend of the Loch Ness, there's a mystery a foot, and the gangs all ready to try and solve it.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fairly typical Scooby-Doo story, taking the gang to Scotland. This is a good picture book, with a short narrative and lots of colorful, action-filled illustrations. It's a movie tie-in story, which condenses the cartoon movie into a short book.

The only problem was that our girls have watched this movie over and over and over again, so although they were thrilled to be reading the book, they also were sure to point out many discrepancies between the book and movie. Still, we all enjoy these books. They are quick, fun reads and I love trying to imitate Scooby and Shaggy. My Scottish accent needs work, but I tried my best to imitate the voices we heard in the movie.

[Eric · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a very dull picture-bookization of a Scooby Doo movie. I'm not sure of the length of the movie, but the book has very little in the way of dialog, and is almost entirely exposition. Written in fairly long declarative sentences, there is little of interest to break up the reader's pacing or tone.

There are definitely better Scooby Doo books available.

Also, they meet 3 Loch Ness Monsters.