Martha Calling (Martha Speaks)

This is a book about a spectactular dog named Martha that always eats alphabet soup. One day the letters from the soup go to his brain instead of his stomache and he now has the the ability to talk. He would talk on and on about almost anything, and he loved to talk on the phone. However three words he hated to read and speak about were no dogs allowed. He didnt understand why he couldn't be with his family in restaurants and other facilities people use. One day he entered a radio contest over the phone and won. He won a family trip to a hotel that happened to be a "no dogs allowed" hotel. The dog dressed up as the families grandma and couldnt participate in alot of the activities the rest of his family did there. At the hotel one misunderstanding led to him speaking his mind to the people of the hotel about his feelings of not allowing dogs in public places. The hotel owners were moved enough to make it a pet and person hotel that pet owners and their beloved pets could go to take a vacation. Martha takes a summer job at the hotel to help supervise activities. This is a creative, animated book, that many youths should be able to enjoy. -Derek Kelly Mrs. Nelsen English 9A

I love this book. Anyone who has a dog will love this book. Actually, anyone will love this book. A funny, touching, story that is wonderfully illustrated. I know it's a children's book and they will love the story but it's also a great book for adults.

I love reading this book to my kids age 3 and 6. It makes me laugh as well as them! I have given it as gifts several times. I especially enjoyed giving this to a vet. friend's son! The other Martha books are good too, but if you can only have one, I think this one is the best.

Martha is wonderful- she is a dog's dream. She can use the phone to order pizza and meat, she can talk to her dog friends and be their translator to the their humans- and then she learns to win radio contests to go places! She is even smart enough to put on a disguise to get in where she isn't allowed, but slips up because she can't resist a flying frisbee. Everything she ends up telling the other hotel guests after her exiled doggieness is discovered is very true- we say we love our dogs yet so many people disallow them basic "dog rights". When given a chance, most dogs can behave appropriately in public, and as Martha says, they need to be given that in exchange for what they've done for us. Keep our parks and hotels dog friendly! But Martha says it so much better than I. :-)

I love all Martha books, as does my 3 yr old niece and her parents. This particular Martha book contains Martha's brilliant and moving speech about spending time with pets. Yay Martha!