This story, as with the other books in the Marcus series, invites youngreaders to explore their natural world and experience its wondersthrough the eyes of its loveable protagonist. The syllabic highlighting of text provides young readers greater easein applying phonetic understanding to decode new vocabulary. Therich vocabulary is intentional, and awakens the mind to an excitinglinguistic adventure that will be experienced by the young readeras a challenge overcome. It is the author s heartfelt desire that thisstory be an initial spark igniting a life-long passion for reading andunlocking the power of literacy for its readers.
