title: Thief of Hearts (Martha Speaks Reader)
author:  Karen Barss 
description: ** "The great thing about the show . . . is how seamlessly it weaves word usage into the story lines of each episode. . . . The words are defined, used in sentences and repeated, yet at no time does any of this feel like - ugh! - school." --"San Francisco Chronicle""" ** "The show . . . incorporates vocabulary lessons into the antics of Martha and her two-legged pals." --"The Washington Post""" ** "Martha's animation is colorful and perky, just like Martha and the family home she inhabits." --"The Hollywood Reporter""" ** "Martha's a pretty savvy girl with some pretty good lessons. . . . [she] is a smart, confident, happy dog whose home life illustrates how people should care for animals - another plus for the series." --"The Orange County Register""" ** "[T]he real draw is how the series boosts vocabularies, exploring words that require more than a pictogram to explain." --"Time Out Kids""" ** "Kids will quickly fall in love with the charming yellow canine at the heart of this series because she's fun-loving and excited to learn new things. . . . Martha Speaks does a good job of exposing kids to new vocabulary. . . . The show also makes an effort to weave in positive messages about qualities like self-confidence, friendship, and civic responsibility - all great lessons for young kids." --"Common Sense Media""" ** "There's plenty of good humor from the newly loquacious pooch . . . but the program is, at heart, a stealth vocabulary lesson." --Cookiemag.com ** Plenty of parenting blog coverage: - "It is a cartoon about a dog that ate some alphabet soup and it went to her brain instead of her stomach and now she can talk. We even made a trip to the library last week and checked out Martha Speaks books. She will not be happy when I have to return those books. We have to read them to her about four times a day!"- "It is a new, sweet animated series on PBS . . . My little girls love it - and they can be a tough crowd to impress."- "[D]efinitely keeping this cool dog on ou<br /><br />
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  Something Borrowed  
  Hometown Hearts
  
  
  Holly Jacobs
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Something Borrowed
  
  
  Previously published as You Are Invited…  
  ISBN: 9781460310618  
  Copyright © 2013 by Holly Fuhrmann  
    
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events
  or locales is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Reviews:  
    
  "A novel plot and first-rate characterization make this a great read. Readers
  will be drawn to the attraction between Finn and Mattie and to Mattie’s
  devotion to her young charges."  
  ~RT BOOKclub
  
  
  "Grab your hankies ladies, you will soon be smiling through your tears as you
  read talented Holly Jacobs’s (Something Borrowed)…. Jacobs has created a small
  town setting filled with interesting characters and real world problems that
  tug at the heartstrings. Readers can not go wrong with a