Coloring the World (These First Letters, Book Five)

Max and Min team up with new friends for a project to show people how art and friendship can change the world. In this decodable book written for middle school audiences and beyond, readers will spend time practicing the r-controlled vowels ar, er, ir, or, and ur. This book is one of many in development by Storyshares, the goal of which is to create a new shelf in the global library designed to reach even the most left-behind readers in middle school and beyond. It combines key science of reading principles with characters, topics, themes, and imagery built around young adult interests.