Linda B. Milstein, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Tambourine Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-11153-3
Thanks to her uncontrollable mass of golden curls, Amanda isn't having just a bad hair day--she is having a bad hair life. Amanda's amazing mane precedes her into any room, gets slammed in the car door, stuck in zippers and is so springy that it...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-27603-5
With a hapless hound hero shipwrecked on a deserted island, Meddaugh (the Martha series) serves up a scenario that will leave readers anywhere but high and dry. Catching sight of an orange-colored egg, Harry unwittingly helps hatch what he at first...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-52948-3
In this comic fairy tale, a Cinderella-esque orphan flees her mean older siblings and happens upon a witch's magic walking stick. The witch typically uses the stick for "turning birds into bats or squirrels into goldfish," and the other...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author . Houghton $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-44882-1
"An old wolf gains a new perspective—literally—in this clever picture book about attitude," wrote PW
. "Chipper yet multi-layered text explores the nature of misunderstandings and reconciliation." Ages 4-8. (Sept.)
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Susan Meddaugh, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-37857-9
In Meddaugh's sixth Martha episode, the talking dog turns Nancy Drew to foil a crooked dog trainer and his craven accomplice. Per usual, the story begins with an explanation of Martha's unusual talent (her daily ration of alphabet soup gives
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Susan Meddaugh, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-38005-3
Martha, the mild-mannered pooch who derives the power of speech from alphabet soup, here takes herself for a walk and gets herself into trouble when she lectures a hulking, bear-like mutt. "Meddaugh successfully sends the message that pets (and
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Susan Meddaugh, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $15 (64p) ISBN 978-0-618-15277-3
Meddaugh's (Martha Speaks) illustrated tale of a girl magician offers comic relief for those boy-centered, multi-volume sorcery novels. Per the wizard-book formula, Lulu is 12, ordinary looking but for her strange blue eyes and adopted by a...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator . Houghton/Lorraine $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-68565-3
Justine was so tiny, everyone called her just Teenie," opens this fanciful tale. In neatly framed illustrations, Meddaugh (Perfectly Martha
) depicts the disgruntled heroine dwarfed by a chair in her home, and too small for a roller coaster ride
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-63313-7
With the arrival of Martha, Lassie had best look to her canine laurels. This scintillating story weighs the pros and cons of owning a loquacious pet. Thanks to the apparently magical properties of alphabet soup, unassuming mutt Martha is transformed
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-69825-9
As fans of Meddaugh's Martha Speaks know, this brainy canine-after chowing down on alphabet soup-can chatter away like any human. This sequel helpfully reiterates the soup secret (``The letters went up to [Martha's] brain instead of down to her...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-79755-6
While Meddaugh's Martha Calling essentially reprised the hilarious Martha Speaks, this third volume teaches the talking dog new tricks. And, without losing entertainment value, it puts corporate strategies and deceptive ads in perspective for young...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-82741-3
The second book about Martha the talking dog is ""unsurprising but amusing,"" said PW. ""Kids are sure to be drawn in once again by Meddaugh's witty and unaffected cartooning."" Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-86833-1
Fairy tale magic goes comically awry in Meddaugh's (Martha Speaks) witty take on the story of Cinderella. An ordinary rat and his sister Ruth fear they are doomed after they are lured into a rat trap. But they've happened into no ordinary snare:...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-93746-4
Asked to explain why she didn't go to school that day, a modern piglet spins a dramatic tale of how she met and outwitted a big, bad wolf; PW's starred review called the outing ""a riotous caper."" Ages 4-8. (Oct.)
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-90494-7
In this fourth book of Meddaugh's Martha series, the mild-mannered pooch who derives the power of speech from alphabet soup takes herself for a stroll. When someone calls her a ""good dog,"" she ingenuously replies, ""What other kind of dog is there?
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Walter Lorraine Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-05776-4
In this fifth Martha adventure, the talking dog hears a phrase well known to middle-aged pets: ""Meet your new brother."" Martha's owners introduce a brown puppy, Skits, who chews random household objects, attacks the vacuum cleaner and launches...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-57034-0
In a highly original Halloween tale, Meddaugh ( Tree of Birds ; Too Many Monsters ) again evinces a gently humorous, delightfully skewed imagination. As Helen, in a witch costume, and her dog Martha, dressed as a cat (``Witches have cats, not dogs....
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-74276-1
The creator of Martha the talking dog (Martha Speaks; Martha Calling) deftly spins a fairy tale about a modern piglet who outwits a big bad wolf. ``Yesterday, my whole family met me at the door. They wanted to know why I didn't go to school,'' the...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-97994-5
Change is never easy, but an old wolf gains a new perspective--literally--in this clever picture book about attitude. The old wolf is more than content to view life from the screen porch on his house: ""This screen porch is magical... my screen...
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Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-53147-1
``Oh, Mom,'' says Harry, arriving home with a wounded bird in his arms. ``Oh my!'' responds his mother, in the sort of understatement found--in words and pictures--throughout this delightful book. It is clear that Harry's broken-winged bird, whom he
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