Martha And Skits Out West

Martha Speaks Readers

by Susan Meddaugh

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Martha's family and Skits are going on a vacation out west. Martha has to prove she's no scaredy-dog and ride in the cargo hold of the plane. After she arrives, she has to prove to Cookie the cowhand that she's fit for the cattle drive.

Genres: Dogs

96 pages, Library Binding

First published May 2, 2011

About the author

Susan Meddaugh was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from Wheaton College, where she studied French literature and fine arts. After working briefly with an advertising agency in New York, she moved to Boston and worked at a publishing company for ten years, first as a designer, then art editor, and finally as art director. While there, she did the illustrations for Good Stones (Houghton Mifflin) by Anne Epstein, and then decided to strike out on her own as a freelance illustrator and creator of children's books. Since that time, Susan has written and illustrated many popular books for children, including Martha Speaks, which was chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book for 1992. In 1998 she was awarded the New England Book Award, given by the New England Booksellers Association to recognize a body of work. Her work also was acknowledged with a New York Times Best Illustrated Award. She lives in Sherborn, Massachusetts. - from HMHBooks.com

Susan Meddaugh, a New England Book Award Winner, adores Halloween and calls it "THE major Holiday" in her household, in part, she says "because it's the only time in the year when you get to be someone else." - from Candlewick.com

Reviews

[Nan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute. Based on the PBS series, it's series of Martha the Talking Dog easy chapter books. Great full color illustrations, but doesn't look too much like a TV show. Glossary and activities in the back. Rather advanced vocabulary, so the grades that can read it by themselves probably won't want to since they will think of it as preschooler book, and those that know the show won't be able to read it. Probably wouldn't work for my school, but could be a fun series to have on hand.

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Martha overcomes her fear of flying and causes quite a bit of trouble at a cattle drive. But in the end, they can't keep a good dog down and Martha uses her unique talents to rescue the cattle drive.