Martha and Skits

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Genre: Animal stories; Dogs; Juvenile Fiction; Preschool Picture Story Books; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction; Children: Grades 1-2; Animals - Dogs; Animals - Pets; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs; Fiction;

Average Review: 4 stars

Review: Skits : Martha, a mature dog, is first amused and later annoyed by Skits a new puppy. It is fun to watch the relationship between wise Martha and spazzy Skits develop past annoyance and on to motherly concern. The book made me hungry for more Martha stories, especially the origin story, which explains how Martha's first taste of alphabet soup gave her the power of human speech. The artwork makes me think of perennial New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, with its amusing, perplexed-looking people.