Paperback. 19,00 / 27,00 cm. In Turkish. 24 p. Editör : Alp Gökalp Kapak Tasarim : Merve Güven Resimleyen / Çizen / Fotograf : Scott Gross Scooby-Doo ve Gizem Avcilari Ekibi, bu kez Tekzilla Olayi'ni çözmeye çalisiyor. Bir canavar, çift sayilardan nefret ediyor. Bu yüzden çift gördügü her esyanin takini yiyor. Scooby ve ekibi bu tuhaf problem çözüp gerçek suçluyu ortaya çikarabilecek mi? Yoksa Tekzilla, Kristal Koy'daki esyalari yemeye devam mi edecek?
While earning a degree in the sciences, author/educator/musician Mark Weakland played drums and percussion with scores of Pittsburgh-based bands. He then went on to earn multiple teacher certifications and a master’s degree in education.
Mark expresses his creative side through music and writing. He is the author of eighteen non-fiction children’s books. Upcoming books, written as collaborations between Warner Brothers, Sports Illustrated Kids, and Capstone Press, include a set of Scooby-Doo (and mathematics) books, a set of Wile E. Coyote (and physics) books, and a set of hockey (shapes and patterns) books.
Other kid projects include an award-winning audio book, a poetry collection, and Jack Attack, his first YA novel. Mark’s books have received outstanding reviews from Booklist and Library Media Connection and won multiple awards, such as the 2012 Green Award for Sustainable Children’s Literature and the 2011 Eureka Nonfiction Children’s Book Award.
His academic book for teachers and administrators, Super Core! Supercharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, will be published by the International Reading Association in January of 2014.
As a musician and songwriter, Mark has written and recorded music for both kids and grown-ups. His songs have won Parents' Choice and Children's Web awards and finished as finalists in The John Lennon Songwriting and USA Songwriting contests. Performing on drums, guitar, and vocals, Mark still records and plays with various artists and bands in Western Pennsylvania.
"I liked it because it talks about a real thing, which is odd and even stuff. And it teaches you math, which I already know, but other kids might not know that."
Did you enjoy the book? Was it fun? "Yes. There's a big creation called the Oddzilla and the Oddzilla was created by this program that needs odd numbered things, like one shoe."
This is a fun mystery about a monster who steals items from even sets to make them odd. Oddzilla is far from being the most scary monster the gang unmasks, and the story skillfully incorporates math into the plot.
It's a fast read and will appeal to the Scooby-Doo! fans, young and old. The digital illustrations are colorful and capture the zany characters very well.
February 2020 update: I got the opportunity to listen to the myON audiobook edition of this book when the librarian at the elementary school library where I work shared it with first-grade students. The narration is very engaging and the website also shows the book pages so you can follow along while the audio plays.
A quick little introduction to even and odd numbers with our favorite gang. Scooby and the Mystery Team must catch a monster that is stealing things from pairs to make numbers odd. Recommended for ages 7+