First Grade LeapPad Book. Scooby Doo and the Disappearing Donuts

Customer Reviews

Great start for learning to read

2007-04-23
My daughter, now seven, is in an advanced reading class. I thnk part of that reason is we encourage her to read and a big part of that was her using the leappad. This was one of many "books" that has helped to fuel her joy of reading. Plus, I get a kick out of the fact that I grew up enjoying Scooby Doo cartoons and now my daughter likes Scooby too.

Love the story, Love the games!

2007-03-29
Who doesn't love Scooby-Doo?? My sister loves this book and the games. The story is about a little old lady who runs a doughnut shop and is trying to figure out who's eatting all the doughnuts. It has the character voice of the Scooby Crew and great sounds to enhance the story.

Child loves it

2006-03-19
My 4 yr old son keeps playing with this cartridge, perfecting his skills day by day. A great product if you have time and energy to share with your scions!

love that leap pad

2004-07-13
Alex got this for his birthday and it was the ONLY thing he wanted to pay with for the rest of the day!

Lots of fun..

2004-06-30
My 2 kids love just about every LeapFrog book that we've purchased. This particular Scooby Doo story is a lot of fun and the games that are included in the book keep the kids attention.

I give 3 stars for durability, as I will for all Leap Books, only because the book does not provide storage for the cartridge. It sure would be nice if the books had small plastic sleeves for the related cartridge. We have a number of books and keeping the books and cartridges together are a little tough. The chances of losing the small cartridges will keep my durability rating lower than 5.

Also, the 3 stars for durability is related to a design "flaw". The wire from the pen and the bottom of the book are constant fighting for space. To turn the page, without possibly bending the page, requires you to hold the wire down so it doesn't interfere with the page. Easy enough for an adult to do, however my 5 year old doesn't remember to hold the wire down all the time. 50% of all of our pages have creases in the bottom of the pages...all in the same spot!

another winner 2004-06-17
Zoinks! Donuts are disappearing from the Doodles Donut Shop. Scooby and the gang follow the trail of crumbs in this big donut mystery.\n\nKids just place the book on the LeapPadr player, pop in the cartridge, and touch any page with the Magic Pen to bring

SCOOBY-RIFIC! 2004-01-25
My 3 1/2 year old son loves this leapfrog story. The story is the perfect length for a toddler showing interest in stories and certainly keeps his attention. The games on each page are enjoyable - my husband and I get a kick out of them too. Well worth the money.

Roobbby Doooby Dooooo! 2003-05-08
My son LOVES Scooby, and he's just learned to read with hooked on phonics so this is great practice. He loves to play all the games and read along. It's one of the only leap books he will do from beginning to end in one session.

Good Value --- But Not As Good As Leap 2003-02-18
My four-year-old daughter loves Scooby Doo. This is her favorite Leap Pad book -- so much so that I can't seem to get her to play with the other books that we've bought for her! It has helped her with word recognition and she's also learned to identify objects and follow instructions. This book offers quite a bit, but I have noticed that the Leap books offer much more of a variety of activities.

scoob wins again 2003-02-12
if your kid is a scooby fan, then this book is a must. It is the only leap-pad book my 4 year old son is interested in. he loves it.

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