The first in a planned series of phonetic readers, Neil the Eel is a whimsical story featuring the vowel sound in "Neil", "eel" and many other words that describe Neil's antics. Neil the Eel enables the young reader (or new reader of any age) to develop phonemic awareness and the concept that one sound can be represented by a variety of spellings. Neil the Eel helps to stretch the beginning reader's vocabulary because he or she can see in the rich illustrations the objects and actions that the words represent; or the reader can infer the meanings of more abstract words through the imaginative behavior of the character Neil. Neil the Eel engages the ear, the eye and the imagination of young readers- in short, the essential components of learning to read.

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Ginger Wich received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and studied for two years at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore. Her artwork has been displayed at the Fells Point Art Gallery in Baltimore. Mrs. Wich is a PhonoGraphix reading therapist, trained in 1998 in this methodology for teaching reading by the program developers, Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness. The founder of PhoNoNonsense Books and Tutoring, Mrs. Wich is both author and illustrator of PhoNoNonsense Books. She is also the developer of the Thinkathon (Soundersizing and Funderstanding) series of workbooks to accompany each of her PhoNoNonsense books. Mrs. Wich lives in North Baltimore with her husband Joe. She has two children, Jay and Ginny. The Wichs have two dogs, Lily, a yellow lab, and Alice, a Jack Russell terrier. In her spare time, Mrs. Wich enjoys gardening, reading, traveling and playing tennis.

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