Susan Meddaugh, author of the very fun kids' book series "Martha Speaks," is coming to the Twin Cities. She'll be reading and drawing at the Red Balloon bookstore on Grand Avenue in St. Paul at ...

“Martha Speaks” author Susan Meddaugh (left) with WGBH staff in 2008. Meddaugh wrote the first book, which follows the adventures of a lovable dog, in 1991.

Advice from an author. September 22, 2010. Susan Meddaugh, the author of the "Martha Speaks" books about a talking dog, was one of the judges in the PBS Kids writing contest.

Four decades ago, Dorthy Moxley's life was forever changed when her 15-year-old daughter, Martha, was brutally murdered on a cool fall evening. It wasn't until 2000 that Michael Skakel, a cousin ...

I think if I could come back as an animal, I’d be a dog.Hey, why not? One square a day, balls to chase, cats to bark at.Might even get a television career. Happening to a lot of canines these days.

MARTHA SPEAKS celebrates the spirit of family in “Martha’s Thanksgiving,” a two-part episode airing ... Courtesy of All characters and underlying materials from the Martha books TM & Susan ...

Martha Speaks. Monkeyshines Martha/Dog Daze. Season 4 Episode 6 ... To dig up some more fun words and games, visit pbskids.org or check out your local library for the "Martha Speaks" books.

Martha, a curious, chatty mutt who learned to speak when she ate a bowl of alphabet soup in a popular series of kids books, is now teaching kids to use big words in a weekday PBS KIDS cartoon ...

Meddaugh, 66, wrote the first “Martha Speaks” book in 1991 and published six more volumes between 1992 and 2004 with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.