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By Karen Barss (adapted by), Carlos E. Calvo (trans) and Susan Meddaugh (creator)

Hardcover:

9780544641037 | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, April 12, 2016), cover price $12.99

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In this early reader based on an episode of PBS'sMartha Speaks, TD brings a new chew toy over to Helen's house. Martha barely gives it a second glance as Skits bounds off with it. That is, until she sees how cool it is it's a squeakyflying squirrel!From then on, the two dogs can't stop fighting over who gets to play with the toy. Will Martha and Skits ever reach an agreement about how to share? Now available as a Spanish/English bilingual edition, this early reader includes activities in both languages to reinforce new vocabulary."

Hardcover:

9780544503908 | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, November 3, 2015), cover price $12.99

Paperback:

9780544503892 | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, November 3, 2015), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: In this early reader based on an episode of PBS'sMartha Speaks, TD brings a new chew toy over to Helen's house.

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When Helen and her family bring Martha home from the pound as a puppy, she barks and woofs like any other dog. But when Helen feeds her a bowl of alphabet soup Martha begins to speak! Meet Martha and her family in this book based on the PBS TV show and learn how fun and challenging living with a talking dog can be. Emerging readers will learn to decode simple sentences in two languages (which are clearly set in different colors) in this book that's perfect for four-to-eight-year-old bilingual kids and new language learners. Bonus flash cards help drive home new vocabulary.For more Martha antics, visit www.marthathetalkingdog.com and www.pbskids.org/martha. Cuando Martha era un cachorro, una familia la sacó de la perrera y la llevó a vivir con ellos. Martha ladraba como cualquier perro. Pero cuando por accidente Helen le dio un tazón con sopa de letras, ¡Martha empezó a hablar!   Con este libro, los lectores principiantes aprenderán a comprender oraciones simples en dos idiomas. Es una lectura perfecta para niños de cuatro a ocho años de edad, ya sean bilingües o que estén aprendiendo un nuevo idioma, ¡así como para aquellos que miran PBS y son admiradores de Martha Speaks! Además incluye tarjetas español-inglés con vocabulario del cuento. Para saber qué otras cosas divertidas hace Martha, visiten www.marthathetalkingdog.com y www.pbskids.org/martha.

Hardcover:

9780544435087 | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 5, 2015), cover price $12.99

Paperback:

9780544435131 | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 5, 2015), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: When Helen and her family bring Martha home from the pound as a puppy, she barks and woofs like any other dog.

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Product Description: Martha the talking dog loves rolling in garbage. Martha's family loves Martha, but they DO NOT like how she smells! Finally, Dad puts his foot down: Until Martha takes a bath, she is not allowed in the house. When will their showdown over the freedom to stink end? As soon as possible, if Helen's plan to help Dad and Martha make amends works! This level 1 Green Light Reader incorporates rebus images into a simple text for the earliest reader...read more
By Karen Barss (adapted by)

Hardcover:

9780544096622, titled "Martha Stinks!: Martha Stinks! (Reader)" | Houghton Mifflin, September 24, 2013, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Martha the talking dog loves rolling in garbage.

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Product Description: What is Martha’s favorite food?Anything on your plate!One of the best things about being able to talk is telling jokes. Depending on the joke, anyway! This joke book, created with the early reader in mind, is packed with pet-themed humor, from knock-knock jokes to wordplay and riddles...read more

Hardcover:

9780547865775 | Houghton Mifflin, January 8, 2013, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: What is Martha’s favorite food?

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By Karen Barss (adapted by) and Carlos Calvo (trans)

Paperback:

9780547718965 | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 8, 2012), cover price $3.99

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Helen is sad when her drawing doesn't win an art competition, so her mom decides to bake a cake to cheer her up. But when a last minute order comes in at the flower shop, the family dogs decide to take over Mom's duties. Do two dogs without thumbs, armed with a how-to cooking DVD have what it takes to bake? Includes a fun and delicious recipe, as well as a list of baking term definitions.
By Karen Barss (adapted by)

Paperback:

9780547681139 | Houghton Mifflin, May 8, 2012, cover price $3.99

Prebinding:

9780606239875 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, May 8, 2012), cover price $13.55 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Product Description: Martha worries that her recent bouts of bad luck might be contagious! Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder—and then she broke a mirror—so now she thinks she’s jinxed! Helen tries to explain that all the accidents are just coincidence...read more
By Karen Barss (adapted by)

Paperback:

9780547576589, titled "Good Luck, Martha!: Good Luck, Martha!" | Houghton Mifflin, February 8, 2012, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Martha worries that her recent bouts of bad luck might be contagious!

Prebinding:

9780606233897, titled "Good Luck, Martha: Good Luck, Martha" | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, February 8, 2012), cover price $13.55 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Product Description: Martha and friends must save Skits after he slides onto thin ice during a snow-day hockey game. Skits is terrified of hockey pucks, but why? Helen recounts the unforgettable snowday hockey game at the root of his fear. Back when Skits was just a pup, he was eager to participate in an outdoor hockey game...read more
By Karen Barss (adapted by) and Carlos E. Calvo (trans)

Paperback:

9780547595603, titled "A Winter's Tail / Perritos en invierno: A Winter's Tail / Perritos En Invierno" | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 4, 2011), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Martha and friends must save Skits after he slides onto thin ice during a snow-day hockey game.

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By Karen Barss (adapted by)

Hardcover:

9780547629131, titled "A Winter's Tail: A Winter's Tail" | Houghton Mifflin, October 4, 2011, cover price $12.99

Paperback:

9780547585192, titled "A Winter's Tail: A Winter's Tail" | Houghton Mifflin, October 4, 2011, cover price $3.99

By Karen Barss (adapted by)

Hardcover:

9780201637588, titled "Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy/ With Guide to the Internet" | 8 edition (Addison-Wesley, October 1, 1999), cover price $75.00 | also contains Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy/ With Guide to the Internet

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Product Description: For Martha and the other dogs in town, Saturday-night fireworks are the worst part of summer—they are so scary to canines with their sensitive ears! Crabby Mrs. Demson couldn’t agree more. In fact, she’s collecting signatures for a petition to ban fireworks, and Martha is happy to add her pawprint to the list...read more
By Karen Barss (adapted by) and Susan Meddaugh

Paperback:

9780547556208, titled "Fireworks for All / Fuegos artificiales para todos: Fireworks for All! / Fuegos Artificiales Para Todos!" | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, April 18, 2011), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: For Martha and the other dogs in town, Saturday-night fireworks are the worst part of summer—they are so scary to canines with their sensitive ears!

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Product Description: 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!
By Karen Barss (adapted by)

Paperback:

9780547438825, titled "Pool Party: Pool Party" | Houghton Mifflin, April 18, 2011, cover price $3.99

School and Library:

9780547628301 | Houghton Mifflin, April 18, 2011, cover price $12.99

Prebinding:

9780606153294 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, April 18, 2011), cover price $13.55 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Product Description: Alice and Helen plan to go camping to earn their Junior Gophers badges. When Ronald finds out, he warns them about Big Minnie, a mythical monster who lives in the woods. Undeterred, the campers set off. After all, everybody knows Big Minnie’s imaginary...read more
By Karen Barss (adapted by) and Susan Meddaugh

Paperback:

9780547557953, titled "Martha Camps Out / Martha Va De Campamento: Martha Camps Out / Martha Va De Campamento" | Bilingual edition (Houghton Mifflin, April 18, 2011), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Alice and Helen plan to go camping to earn their Junior Gophers badges.

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Paperback:

9780547371627 | Houghton Mifflin, January 3, 2011, cover price $3.99

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Product Description: 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?
By Karen Barss (adapted by), Susan Kim (contributor), Susan Meddaugh (contributor) and Ken Scarborough (contributor)

Hardcover:

9780201108514, titled "An Introduction to Structured Programming With Microsoft Basic" | Addison-Wesley, January 1, 1986, cover price $22.95 | also contains An Introduction to Structured Programming With Microsoft Basic

Prebinding:

9780606150958 | Mti edition (Turtleback Books, January 3, 2011), cover price $13.55 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Making a flower delivery to a supposedly haunted house, Martha the vegetable-soup-eating, talking dog wonders about something spooky that she glimpses in the darkness.
By Karen Barss (adapted by)

Paperback:

9780547210735 | Houghton Mifflin, September 6, 2010, cover price $3.99

Prebinding:

9780606150941 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, September 6, 2010), cover price $13.55 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Martha is visiting a farm for the first time. Along with learning new words, Martha loves to learn new skills so she volunteers to help out with the chores. But who knew that being a farm dog would be so hard?
By Karen Barss (adapted by)

Paperback:

9780547210605 | Mti edition (Houghton Mifflin, January 18, 2010), cover price $3.99

School and Library:

9780547368931 | Harcourt Childrens Books, January 18, 2010, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Martha has lost her collar and ended up at the local animal shelter.

Prebinding:

9780606144599 | Turtleback Books, January 18, 2010, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Discusses the problem of maintaining a clean water supply and relates this issue to such topics as pollution, depletion of sources, and other environmental concerns

Library:

9780791015834 | Chelsea House Pub, December 1, 1991, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Discusses the problem of maintaining a clean water supply and relates this issue to such topics as pollution, depletion of sources, and other environmental concerns

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