A monster terrorizes a town, stomping through the woods and yelling, "Give me five!" The townspeople think the monster, whom they call the Gobbler, is demanding they give up five of their children. The king gathers his top advisers to solve the problem, but it's his son, the prince, who is able to figure out the truth behind the Gobbler's request. This S.P.I.R.E.® Level 5 (spire) decodable reader is perfect for intermediate readers and those who need practice reading increasingly difficult text. This book includes phonics concepts er (fern, berry), ur (surf), ir (squirt), ear (earth), and wor (world).The S.P.I.R.E. decodable readers were developed as part of the S.P.I.R.E. reading program, created by Sheila Clark-Edmands, M.S.Ed. S.P.I.R.E. is an intensive, comprehensive, and multisensory reading program with proven results. If your goal is to build reading success, then S.P.I.R.E. books are the perfect choice. Children are motivated to read more and enjoy more reading success because S.P.I.R.E. books are designed for the way early readers and struggling readers learn.There are 120 books in the S.P.I.R.E. decodable readers series. The content ranges in difficulty from easy-to-read, one-syllable, short-vowel words in Sets 1A and 1B to complex multisyllabic words and advanced sentence structures in Sets 6A and 6B.