Perfectly Martha Contributor(s): Meddaugh, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 054713732X ISBN-13: 9780547137322 Publisher: Clarion Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2008 Annotation: What do people really want from a dog? When Otis Weaselgraft opens up his Perfect Pup Institute, promising to train even the most drooling, barking, scratching, squirrel-chasing dog to be perfectly obedient in only three steps, Martha smells a rat. She knows dogs are already perfect. But Weaselgraft claims he can make man's best friend even better. Word of his amazing program spreads through the neighborhood--soon half the dogs in town are enrolled at the Perfect Pup Institute. But there's something strange about the Perfect Pup graduates, and Martha is determined to find out what it is . . . Click for more in this series: Martha Speaks (Quality) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable |
Dewey: E |
Age Level: 4-7 |
Grade Level: PreK-2 |
Lexile Measure: 490 AD (Adult Directed Text) |
Series: Martha Speaks (Quality) |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.8" W x 9.8" L (0.35 lbs) 32 pages |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 77599 Reading Level: 3.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
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Publisher Description: 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. There's something very strange about the Perfect Pup graduates, and Martha is determined to find out what it is! |
Contributor Bio(s): Meddaugh, Susan: - 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. |
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