I absolutely loved this book! I am a dog lover and this book was wonderful. The book was about a bookshop owner who loved her dog Martha Jane. She took Martha Jane everywhere and even renamed her bookstore after Martha Jane. The entire community fell in love with Martha Jane. One day the bookshop owner got sick and had to go have her tonsils removed, but the hospital wouldn't let her bring Martha Jane. The entire community got in a fight over who would watch Martha Jane while she was in the hospital. Eventually the man in the green coat got to watch Martha Jane. The lady and the man in the green coat eventually got married.
I think that this book would be great to use when teaching about communities in social studies. It is a great example of how when one person in the community was facing a dilemma, they all came together to help her. Cynthia Rylant did a great job not only writing this story, but illustrating it as well. She used the technique she has used before and made the drawings look like something a child would do. I also loved how the font was different. Sometimes the font was in white, sometimes it was in black, but it wasn't just plain font it was a different style of font and I think it would be really cool for the students to be able to see authors use different fonts in their books.
I think the students would also enjoy seeing how everyone really wanted to take care of Martha Jane and that the policemen and firemen and other people in the community were fighting over who would get the job. It would also show them how the community came together to solve the problem and resolve the fighting. I know the second grade class I am in now would absolutely love this book!
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