nMatthew and Melissa Hammersley are partners in both work as the founders of Novel Effect and in life with two little ones Max and Willa. Theyve spent the last 10 years immersing themselves in read-alouds at home and in the classroom. Theyve appeared on the hit TV show Shark Tank and reached millions of kids, teachers, and parents in pursuit of their mission: to make reading together magical.n