Ride and Slide -ide - Word Family Tales Author:Samantha Berger, R. W. Alley (Illustrator) What can you do when the snow falls outside and covers up everything, far and wide? Put on your mittens and explore a winter wonderland in the pages of this story! — 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 spel... more »ling 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!« less