Martha Speaks

Why is there a tomato on T.D.’s shirt? Helen’s eager to know. Unfortunately, she’d have an easier time getting Martha to skip breakfast than getting a straight answer from T.D. Will she ever find out? Vocabulary (E) image, indicate, insignia, remind, symbol

Is Martha only speaking in questions? Why would that be? Can Skits help her figure it out? Did somebody put something funny in her soup? Will the questions ever stop??? Vocabulary (E) convey, inquire, period, punctuation, question mark

No cat is stronger than a Bookbot…unless the Bookbots are out of shape! And with little crime to fight, our heroes have become just that. Will they be able to get fit in time to stop a new literacy-loathing villain on the rise? Vocabulary (E) fitness, in shape, lazy, sluggish, strength

When the dogs join Helen and T.D. to clean Grandpa Bernie’s garage, they meet Candy, an elderly dog who claims she was bit by a ball from outer space! As Bernie’s trash becomes T.D.’s treasure, Martha and Skits dig through Candy’s yard for the truth behind the fanged space ball. Vocabulary (E) achey, elderly, mobility, vigor, youthful

A blizzard is headed towards Wagstaff City and Mittens the cat is trapped in an alley. Fears rise when the story unfolds: Mittens has kittens. Abandoning animal prejudices, Martha and Skits trample into the snow-capped city to rescue the endangered cat and her young. Vocabulary (E) attack, comfort, nourish, secure, snuggle

A blackout in Wagstaff City renders Helen, T.D. and Truman incapable of playing their favorite videogame, Multi-Dimensional Intergalactic Kleine Nachtgopher Attack Four. But with a little imagination, a basket of laundry and some salad tongs, these nachtgophers might not be so powerless after all. Vocabulary (E) blackout, chill, discomfort, shiver, starve

A dog in a sweater? Not on Martha’s watch. But what can she do when Grandma Lucille presents her with a neatly knitted pullover? Desperate to rid herself from woolly embarrasment, Martha sets out to prove that no sweater can withstand the rugged lifestyle of a dog. Vocabulary (E) dignified, fib, hideous, loathe, undignified

T.D.’s day starts like any other: getting on a bus and riding it to the end of the line. But when he passes by a toy that looks suspiciously like one he used to own, he’s pulled into a mystery that even he couldn’t dream up. Who’s behind this game of a boy and his missing plastic dinosaur? Vocabulary (E) absorbing, appealing, fascinating, intriguing, rendezvous