New Releases by Susan Meddaugh

When TD brings Martha and Skits a new chew toy, the two dogs can’t seem to stop fighting over who gets to play with it. Helen soon makes them watch a video (for babies!) about sharing and even threatens to take it away unless they can reach an agreement. After talks for trading toys break down, Martha comes up with a novel solution to the problem . . . will Helen be satisfied? Includes fun vocabulary-building activities.

Martha tries her paw at sleuthing to find out who ruined the birthday cake at Alice''s birthday party and she later tries to prevent a jewelry store robbery.

Martha always seems to do the wrong thing around Grandma Lucille, like saying the wrong thing at the wrong time or treading on her favorite hat! To prove that she really is a considerate dog, Martha decides to find something extra special for Grandma''s birthday. But choosing the right gift for a human is a lot harder than it looks, especially when Martha''s idea of the perfect present is a wormy apple or slab of bacon! In the end, Martha learns that thoughtfulness and perserverance count for far more than any gift could.

Martha visits the farm to help C.K. care for the sheep and chickens, but she lets the farm animals run wild in the house instead.

As a puppy, Martha is snatched from the dog shelter and forced to commit crimes, including stealing an autographed baseball, catnapping, and breaking into the Museum of Natural History.

An afternoon boating excursion goes terribly awry when Harry drops his oars and the tide takes him and his little yellow boat out to sea. A storm washes him ashore on an island with nothing but sand and rocks and one windblown tree. Hungry, Harry hopes to eat an egg he finds amid the rocks, but after warming in the sun, the egg doesn’t cook--it hatches! So instead of dinner, Harry finds a friend. But just what is the little, quickly growing, colorful, winged, and lizardlike creature? Harry’s in for more than one surprise as he discovers the true nature of the bizzard’s identity and the friendship they share.

Justine is so small, everyone calls her "Just Teenie," but one day she receives a plant that grows so tall, it gives her a different perspective.

Poor Margaret is waking up to another bad day. Ever since her parents died, her brother and sister have made her sweep the floors, chop the wood, cook the meals, feed the pigs, and anything else they can think to demand. Selfish, mean, and twice as big as Margaret, they always get their way. When at last Margaret has had enough, she runs away into the forest. Just as she is wondering how she will survive, she comes upon an old lady with a very sad story: a dog has run off with her walking stick, and she can’t do a thing without it. When the old lady promises Margaret a reward of three gold coins for its safe return, the girl readily agrees. Little does Margaret know that the old lady is really a witch, her reward a trick, and her walking stick a magic stick the witch has used to make a thousand miserable wishes come true . . .

After traveling around the world to make sure that the view from his screen porch is the best, an old wolf tries drastic measures to get his house back from the rabbit family that bought it. Full color.

In True Magic Families, a single member of each generation was born with the magician''s touch.Real magic.It was a genetic quirk that no one could explain.Either you had it or you didn''t.But Lulu could never be the one in her generation gifted with magic, because Lulu was adopted.Nonetheless, Uncle Jerry the Great lets her have her chance to join him for the summer as his assistant, just like all of the other cousins.All she needed to do was warm up the crowd with a few simple tricks, but Lulu was all thumbs-until she discovers a dusty, old hat in the botom of her uncle''s costume trunk.All sorts of strange things start to happen, and soon Lulu''s unpredictable nature leads her on an adventure deep into Magic Space.

Martha watches as the new dog her family brings home grows through all the troublesome phases of being a puppy, and even though he does not develop Martha''s ability to speak, Skits displays his own unique talent.

Martha the talking dog rescues the neighborhood from a bully dog with the help of a parrot.

Getting onto the wrong school bus was the pig''s first mistake.Her second was choosing to take the path through the forest.The next thing she knows, a wolf has grabbed her and thrown her into a sack, all the while singing a song about soup.Lucky for the pig, she''s smart and can read.She stalls for all the time she can, but pretty soon she realizes she''ll have to use the dreaded Hog-Eye stare: Hog-eye! Hog-eye! Magic stare! Make him itchy everywhere.On his nose and in his hair.Even in his underwear!

The many friends of the wounded tropical bird Harry adopts refuse to fly south without their companion and take up residence in the tree outside Harry''s bedroom window, refusing to budge even as the first snowstorm of the season approaches.

On their way to a Halloween party, Helen and her dog Martha happen upon a supermarket for witches.

The many friends of the wounded tropical bird Harry adopts refuse to fly south without their companion and take up residence in the tree outside Harry''s bedroom window, refusing to budge even as the first snowstorm of the season approaches.

Howard lives in a dark forest with ninety-nine other monsters who love to frighten him, until a tree falls and the sunlight sends all the mean monsters away.

Foxes Maude and her brother Claude are rescued by a whale after falling overboard from a ship.

Five episodes about an undersized cat who though short is undaunted.