Almost every scene in the book involves the main quirky character Martha whether she is happy or sad. The media being watercolor it gives it depth and also being shaded it kind of make it easy to look at.

From the beginning to the end the color palet stays neutral like reds, greens, blues, and oranges, with those colors it makes the readers eyes drawn to the page. The illustrations throughout the book give the emotional connection from the reader in the eyes of Martha. She did not stop until she figured it out and fixed the problem. The moment she was not able to speak her little world came crashing down but that bump was not going to change the fact she wanted to talk again and figure out what happened and what changed. The personality of Martha is energetic, playful, and communicative. This book by Susan Meddaugh has text but when reading the book the emotions come from the pictures to tell the story of this one dog Martha who is able to speak after eating alphabet soup. Eventually having the original recipe back. After eating that specific alphabet soup she was able to speak again, finally figuring out what happened and changed the soup she went to the factory to speak her mind. Walking around the neighborhood she smelt something familiar, and she followed the scent until she found out that it was Granny’s Alphabet soup. The neighborhood rejoiced and she became famous in her community until one day everything changed, and she was able to speak a little but the words were not complete words. From that day forward she was regularly given alphabet soup. Instead of the alphabet soup going to her stomach it goes to her head and she is now able to communicate to the outside world by speaking english. Martha Blah Blah shows a dog that is very good at showing her emotions and tries to communicate to the outside world, but no one understand her til one day her family feeds her alphabet soup. Susan Meddaugh, a New England Book Award Winner, adores Halloween and calls it 'THE major Holiday' in her household, in part, she says 'because it's the only time in the year when you get to be someone else.' - from Her work also was acknowledged with a New York Times Best Illustrated Award. In 1998 she was awarded the New England Book Award, given by the New England Booksellers Association to recognize a body of work. 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. 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. 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. She graduated from Wheaton College, where she studied French literature and fine arts. Susan Meddaugh was born and raised in Montclair, New Jersey.

Alphabet soup spell words