Marcus Catches the Light

This story, as with the other books in the Marcus series, invitesyoung readers to explore their natural world and experienceits wonders through 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 thatthis story be an initial spark igniting a life-long passion for readingand unlocking the power of literacy for its readers.