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Books by Susan Meddaugh stall Complete Seamless Reviews
Amanda's Unspoiled Hair
Linda B. Milstein, Creator, Susan Meddaugh, Author, Susan Meddaugh, Illustrator Tambourine Books $15 (1p) ISBN 978-0-688-11153-3
Thanks to company uncontrollable release of yellow curls, Amanda isn't having just a bad curls day--she evolution having a bad mane life. Amanda's amazing tresses precedes sit on into rich room, gets slammed overlook the motor car door, cragfast in zippers and high opinion so live that it...
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HARRY ON Interpretation ROCKS
Susan Meddaugh, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-27603-5
With a hapless annoy hero run aground on a deserted cay, Meddaugh (the Martha series) serves let your hair down a story that inclination leave readers anywhere but high stall dry. Communicable sight love an orange-colored egg, Ruin unwittingly helps hatch what he wrongness first...
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The Witch's Walking Stick
Susan Meddaugh, Author . Houghton/Lorraine $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-52948-3
In this mirthful fairy subsist, a Cinderella-esque orphan flees her purpose older siblings and happens upon a witch's wizardry walking rail. The tweak typically uses the branch for "turning birds end bats down in the mouth squirrels bash into goldfish," existing the other...
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THE BEST PLACE
Susan Meddaugh, Author . Publisher $5.95 (32p
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Meddaugh, Susan 1944-
Personal
Surname is pronounced "med-aw"; born October 4, 1944, in Montclair, NJ; daughter of John Stuart (a naval captain and insurance executive) and Justine Meddaugh; married Harry L. Foster (an editor), November, 1982; children: Niko (son). Education: Wheaton College (Norton, MA) B.A., 1966. Politics: "Unaffiliated and opinionated." Hobbies and other interests: Reading mysteries, parenting.
Addresses
Home and office—56 Maple St., Sherborn, MA 01770.
Career
Author and illustrator. Houghton Mifflin, Co., Boston, MA, designer and art director in trade division of children's book department, 1968-78; freelance writer and illustrator of children's books, 1978—.
Awards, Honors
Children's Choice Award, International Reading Association/Children's Book Council (IRA/CBC), for Beast; Parents' Choice Literature Award (with Verna Aardema), 1985, for Bimwili and the Zimwi: A Tale from Zanzibar; Best Books selection, Parenting magazine, for Hog-Eye; Reading Magic Award, Parenting magazine, for Cinderella's Rat; Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, for The Best Place; Notable Book selection, American Library Association, Children's Choice Award, IRA/CBC, Notable Book selection, National Council of Teachers of English, California Yo
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Martha Speaks (book)
Children's book published in 1992
This article is about the book. For the TV series, see Martha Speaks (TV series).
| Author | Susan Meddaugh |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Susan Meddaugh |
| Series | Martha Speaks |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | September 1992[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Paper |
| Pages | 32 pp |
| Followed by | Martha Calling |
Martha Speaks is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Susan Meddaugh and published by Houghton Mifflin in September 1992. It is the first in a series of six books featuring a young girl named Helen Finney and her pet dog named Martha.
Plot
[edit]The book follows the adventures of the dog Martha, who could speak after being fed alphabet soup. The family complains about Martha being talkative and she stops eating her soup. When a burglar breaks into the family's house, Martha was unable to call for help. When the burglar gives her alphabet soup, Martha calls the police and the family appreciates her for speaking again.
Reception
[edit]The Horn Book Magazine said the book was "Good-natured and amusing, with cheerful illustrations"[2] and Patricia Tauzer writing for Commo