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Samantha Berger has been at Nickelodeon On-Air for the past five years. First as Head Writer of Nick scripts, then as Editorial Director, and most recently, as Director of Creative for the On-Air Brand Image Group. Before that, she was an Editor at Scholastic Books.

Bruce Whatley is one of Australia's best-loved and most-respected author-illustrators. His most recent books include the enormously successful and award-winning Diary of a Wombat, written by Jackie French, and its companion volume, The Secret World of Wombats, also illustrated by Bruce.

Word Family Tales are humorous read-aloud stories created to build early phonics skills by teaching children to recognize "families" of words that share the same spelling pattern. This key reading strategy helps kids decode new words with ease and become stronger readers, writers, and spellers. Set learners on the path to literacy success with these rib-tickling tales one for each of the top 25 word families!