Author 17: Susan Meddaugh w/ a talking dog!

Martha the dog eats alphabet soup and the letters go up to her brain instead of down into her stomach. She learns to talk and talk-even on the phone.

Granny Flo decides to take out 13 letters from Granny Elsie's Alphabet soup and Martha is no longer able to talk! She sets out to set Granny Flo straight thanks to the help of an employee at Granny's Soup Company.

Martha teaches Skits that you can still be special even if you're not a talking dog.


Susan Meddaugh's son came up with the idea during a lunch of alphabet soup. He wondered if the family dog, Martha (the inspiration for the books), would talk if they fed her some of the soup. The book version of Martha has gone on to star in her own show on PBS. For more information about the show, visit PBS.org. Susan Meddaugh is the author of about a dozen or so books and there's an interview at: http://www.patriciamnewman.com/meddaugh.html