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Books in Martha Speaks series

  • Farm Dog Martha

    Karen Barss, Peter K. Hirsch

    Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books, Jan. 18, 2010)
    Martha has lost her collar and ended up at the local animal shelter. It falls to her to organize a pound break for all her new doggy friends but she soon discovers freedom isn't much without a family. When Martha's owner finally comes to take her home, she realizes that she can't leave her shelter friends behind. Martha, Helen, and her friends cook up a spectacular plan--Wagstaff's first Top Dog Show--to find families for all of the pound pooches!The book will include a cast of characters introduction and two pages of word-fun activities.
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  • Meet Martha

    Susan Meddaugh

    Library Binding (Turtleback, July 19, 2010)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Helen brings Martha home from the pound as a puppy, she barks and woofs like any other dog, but after Helen feeds her alphabet soup, Martha begins to speak, in a rebus early reader that includes a flash card game.
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  • Football Fumble

    Karen Barss, Raye Lankford, Susan Meddaugh

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept. 24, 2013)
    Rah rah grrr! We're the fighting fur!The Wagstaff Dogs have lost every game this season. Until Martha finds them the perfect coach . . . Carolina! She knows all the plays and can handle a football like a pro. But football just doesn't go with her girly-girl image. Can Martha convince Carolina to help, even if Tiffany Blatsky might see her?This Level 2 Green Light Reader based on the popular PBS TV series Martha Speaks is all about teamwork and following your passions, even when you're nervous about what others might think. Includes a "Toss Up" word game about sports words that have double meanings, such as "pass," "tackle," and "huddle." Go, Dogs!
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  • A Winter's Tail

    Susan Meddaugh

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Oct. 4, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Helen tells her friends the story of why her puppy, Skits, is afraid of hockey pucks.
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  • Purrfect Friends

    Susan Meddaugh

    Library Binding (Turtleback, May 8, 2012)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Feeling jealous when Helen and Alice make a big fuss over a new kitten that has moved into the neighborhood, Martha finds her anti-cat resolve wavering when the endearing young feline begins following her around in an attempt to make friends.
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  • Pool Party

    Susan Meddaugh

    Library Binding (Turtleback, April 18, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Every kid in town is going to the big pool party. But after Alice mistakes sun bronzer for sun block, Martha, Helen, and friends try to find a way for Alice to stil go to the party and feel comfortable in her very orange skin!
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  • Detective Dog

    Susan Meddaugh

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Jan. 8, 2013)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Wagstaff City is in trouble, and it's time for Martha to break out her doggie detective skills in this full-color, two-part Martha Speaks chapter book.
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  • Leader Of The Pack

    Susan Meddaugh

    Library Binding (Turtleback, July 19, 2010)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After being excluded from Helen's family-tree school project because she isn't a human family member, Martha decides to get in touch with her own roots. What better way to do that than to live in the wild like her wolf ancestors?
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  • Shelter Dog Blues

    Susan Meddaugh

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 18, 2010)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Martha has lost her collar and ended up at the local animal shelter. When Martha is picked up, she feels sad for her new friends. Martha and her friends cook up a spectacular plan to find families for all of the pound pooches!
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  • Play Ball!

    Marcy Goldberg Sacks, Susan Meddaugh, Susan Kim

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jan. 18, 2010)
    Martha is suprised when her friend Truman wants to run away and invites her to come along. While Martha is always up for an adventure, she knows there's more to the story. She soon learns he's afraid of going to his softball game the next day because he can't catch the ball. If there's anything Martha is an expert at, it's playing catch! With the help of their human and doggy friends, Martha coaches Truman to catch the ball without fear. But will he be good enough for the big game?Includes a matching vocabulary game and fill-in-the-blank word activity.
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  • Perfectly Martha

    Susan Meddaugh

    Paperback (HMH Books, Aug. 25, 2008)
    When Otis Weaselgraft opens his Perfect Pup Institute, promising to train even the most drooling, barking, scratching, squirrel-chasing dog to be perfectly obedient in three easy steps, Martha smells a rat. Thereโ€™s something very strange about the Perfect Pup graduates, and Martha is determined to find out what it is!
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  • Thief Of Hearts

    Susan Meddaugh

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Jan. 3, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Helen and friends decide to make homemade valentines. But when everybody's art supplies begin disappearing, they start to suspect each other. Can Martha sniff out the culprit of the stolen supplies before their sweet holiday mood goes sour?
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