Martha not only writes books for kids, she reviews them for Family Pages, a magazine published by The Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where she lives. Here are a selection of her reviews - click on the one you're interested in reading. A new review is added every month.

Hint: If you're writing a report on one of these authors, feel free to quote Martha or to use her review for inspiration. But remember: Do not steal her words without giving her credit. That's called plagiarism, and it's not nice.

Martha's Newest Review: Good Books for Gloomy Afternoons

February 2009

As we look ahead to spring, here are three books perfect for cooped up kids on gloomy afternoons. "Kensuke's Kingdom," by the ridiculously prolific children's laureate of England, Michael Morpurgo, is a favorite of my friend Claire, age 9. In fact, she loved it so much she was bursting to tell... (read more)

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