Darlien Simos

The Adventures of Scooter and Smack Making a Difference Darlien Simos

The Adventures of Scooter and Smack Making a Difference leads children through 3 new stories in this second book in the series, "The Adventures of Scooter and Smack." Simos tells each story using rhyming. Large printed sight words and engaging story lines help children learn to read alone or with an adult. The full-color illustrations show the familiar and lovable characters, Scooter the dog and his best friend Smack, the squirrel, throughout each adventure. Each story brings in new characters to meet, too, including a fox, a skunk, an opossum, and even a grateful spider.

The stories, "Scooter and Smack Recycle," "Scooter and Smack Welcome a New Friend," and "Scooter and Smack Return a Lost Treasure" can be enjoyed in any order, so one at a time or all together as a book. Each has a different moral or lesson, but all show the two friends encountering an opportunity to do the right thing as their adventures include "making a difference."