Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
The title of Barbara Presnell's blazing new book of poems, Blue Star, refers to the stars families hang from banners in their windows when a son or daughter is in military service. This timely, lyric, and quietly searing volume weaves history, census and military records, letters, journals, and other artifacts to document a hundred years of war and its wrenching effect on family. These are poems of witness, dire and poignant, that chant long after you close the book, poems that exult the working class-an ethnography of farmers, blacksmiths, and mill workers tithed to the earth for all time, and bound to defend it even unto death, their steps weary with unfinished war. Barbara Presnell is the heir and daughter of their sacred anthems. Blue Star is utterly essential. - Joseph BathantiSusan Meddaugh was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from Wheaton College, where she studied French literature and fine arts. After working briefly with an advertising agency in New York, she moved to Boston and worked at a publishing company for ten years, first as a designer, then art editor, and finally as art director. While there, she did the illustrations for Good Stones (Houghton Mifflin) by Anne Epstein, and then decided to strike out on her own as a freelance illustrator and creator of children's books. Since that time, Susan has written and illustrated many popular books for children, including Martha Speaks, which was chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book for 1992. In 1998 she was awarded the New England Book Award, given by the New England Booksellers Association to recognize a body of work. Her work also was acknowledged with a New York Times Best Illustrated Award. She lives in Sherborn, Massachusetts.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780395633137 |
| ISBN 10 | 0395633133 |
| Title | Martha Speaks |
| Author | Susan Meddaugh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Year published | 1992-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Children's) 1993 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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