Works by
Susan Meddaugh
(Illustrator, Writer)

As Illustrator

• My Friend Bear (1982) by Carol-Lynn Waugh
  A little boy and his stuffed bear do everything together, although Bear has a tendency to do things he shouldn't.

• Blue Sun Ben (1984) by Claudio Marzollo and Jean Marzollo
  In a world of two suns, Ben, who is a boy during Red Sun and a chipmunk during Blue Sun, falls into the clutches of the Animal Singer, an evil man who changes people and animals into shapes to suit his own purposes.

• Bimwili and the Zimwi (1985) by Verna Aardema
  A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum.

• Ruthie's Rude Friends (1987) by Claudio Marzollo and Jean Marzollo
  Ruthie and her parents are the only Earthlings on Planet X-10 and she is very homesick until she meets two creatures named Pig and Fish who help her escape from a three-headed beast.

• Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folktale (1988) by Ruby Dee
  A retelling of a traditional Liberian tale in which King Leopard invites all the animals to a spear-throwing contest whose winner will marry his daughter and succeed him as king.

• Way I Feel...Sometimes (1988) by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
  Presents a collection of poems about feelings, from anger to acceptance.

• No Nap (1989) by Eve Bunting
  It's naptime, but Susie isn't sleepy. Daddy tries everything to tire her out. They boogie, they bongo, and they do the creepy camel, but still Susie says "No nap."

• In the Haunted House (1992) by Eve Bunting
  All we see are two pairs of sneakers--one large, one small--as a little girl and her father tour a dark, mysterious house.

• The Hopeful Trout and Other Limericks (1992) by John Ciardi
  Forty-one hilarious limericks by the late poet are humorously illustrated.

• Amanda's Perfect Hair (1993) by Linda Milstein
  Although everyone else keeps telling Amanda how wonderful her long thick hair is, she decides that she doesn't like it.

• A Perfect Father's Day (1993) by Eve Bunting
  "I'm taking you out for Father's Day," Susie tells Dad. "First we'll go for lunch." "Good," Dad says. "May I drive?" "Certainly," Susie says. She chooses the restaurant, and pretty soon Dad can see that she's filled this special day with treats--treats for both of them! When they get back home, Mom's final surprise (that isn't really a surprise at all) is a perfect ending for the perfect day.

• That Terrible Baby (1994) by Jennifer Armstrong
  Mom blames Eleanor and Mark for making a mess of the house until she finally sees that the real culprit is the baby.

• Good Zap, Little Grog! (1995) by Sarah Wilson
  A fanciful depiction of a day in the life of little Grog.

• The Most Beautiful Kid in the World (1996) by Jennifer A. Ericsson
  Grandma is coming for dinner, and Annie wants to be the most beautiful kid in the world. But she doesn't feel beautiful in the scratchy dress and droopy tights Mama's picked out for her. Mama won't mind if Annie makes a few little changes, will she? Ages 3-up.

• Five Little Piggies (1998) by David Martin
  The lines of a familiar nursery rhyme are expanded into stories about the activies of a family of pigs.

• The Best Halloween of All (1998) by Susan Wojciechowski
  A young boy recalls all the Halloween costume agonies he's been through, until, at last, he gets to do things his own way!

As Writer

• Too Short Fred (1978)
  Five episodes about an undersized cat who though short is undaunted.

• Maude and Claude Go Abroad (1980)
  While cruising to France, a sister and brother go overboard and encounter a whale who is being pursued by harpooners.

• Beast (1981)
  Anna's family plans to destroy a big, furry beast that comes out of the forest, but Anna is not convinced it's dangerous

• Too Many Monsters (1982)
  Howard lives in a dark forest with ninety-nine other monsters who love to frighten him, until a tree falls and the sunlight sends all the mean monsters away.

• The Silver Bear (1987) by Jean Marzollo
  While contemplating a gazebo in a garden, two little boys fantasize that it's a magic cage containing a large silver bear.

• Tree of Birds (1990)
  After Harry nurses Sally, a green-tufted tropical bird, back to health, he is reluctant to let her fly south with her friends.

• Martha Speaks (1992)
  When Helen Finney feeds alphabet soup to her dog Martha, Martha begins to speak. But having a talking dog is not as fun as it seems.

• A Perfect Father's Day (1993)

• Martha Calling (1994)
  Martha's back and this time she's talking up a storm on the telephone! When she wins a free weekend for her and her family at the Come-On-Inn, the trouble really begins.

• The Witches' Supermarket (1994)
  While trick-or-treating on Halloween night, Helen and her dog Martha happen upon a very unusual supermarket -- for witches and cats only -- where they are most unwelcome!

• Hog-Eye (1995)
  The hilarious story of how a piglet tells her family how she was caught by a wolf and nearly became soup.

• Surprise! (1996)

• Cinderella's Rat (1997)
  When is a rat not a rat? When Cinderella's fairy godmother turns him into a coachman - well, more of a coachboy. And what does the coachboy think of this sudden change in his life? He's delighted to find the open bags of grain in the castle larder. But soon enough, trouble begins. His sister, unchanged by the godmother's magic spell, scurries across the larder floor and is in danger of being stomped to death by the coachboy's newfound friend. How can he save her without revealing his secret? Life is full of surprises. Pumpkins turn into coaches and mice into horses, and an overworked wizard can create stranger magic than Cinderella's fairy godmother ever dreamed of. Susan Meddaugh uses her wit and animated artwork to give us a hilarious new take on an old tale in this story of an ordinary rat caught in extraordinary circumstances.

• Five Little Piggies (1998) by David Martin

• Martha Walks the Dog (1998)
  Martha loves her daily walks. She enjoys sniffing and scratching with her pals down by the hydrant. But today something is different. A house down the street has been sold, the for sale sign replaced by a new sign - Beware of Dog! Always curious, Martha investigates and discovers that there's a new dog in town, a blustering tough-dog named Bob. He's big and mean, and even Martha reluctantly concedes that he may be a bad dog. Martha will have to keep all her canine wits about her to protect her buddies and herself from the savage bully. Fortunately, she makes the acquaintance of a long-winded Parrot, and together the talkative duo may be able to restore peace to the neighborhood. In this hilarious new escapade by Susan Meddaugh, Martha is back, busily proving that there's no substitute for the simple power of praise for taming the toughest old dogs.

• Martha Blah Blah (1998)
  Something's wrong with Martha, the talking dog! She has eaten her daily bowl of alphabet soup, but when she opens her mouth to speak, strange sounds come out instead of words. Fortunately her nose still works, and she follows it to the source of the mystery.

• The Best Place (1999)
  The old wolf likes his house. He likes his neighbors. But he loves his screened in porch. From there he can watch the beautiful sunset. He can be outside when it rains and never get wet. The mosquitoes can't bite him on his screened in porch, and even on the hottest summer nights there is always a breeze. The wolf thinks his porch is the best place in the world until one day his friend Bird says, "How do you know? You've never been anyplace else." This question inspires the wolf to sell his house and travel the world. Eventually his journey brings him back home, but he is unable to get his house back. Upset, he behaves very badly, and even his good intentions get him into trouble. But in the end he understands that sometimes when you can't get what you want, you find something even better.

• Martha and Skits (2000)
  Martha's family has a little surprise for her a puppy. Martha's world is turned topsy-turvy as she attempts to adjust to Skits, the exuberant, unabashed addition to the household. After the initial chaos, all seems to be going along quite smoothly until Skits does the unforgivable crashes into Martha's bowl of alphabet soup, spilling it everywhere. Martha decides she can no longer just watch from the safety of her chair. She must take charge and lay down the law for the pup. But when the family insists that Skits be more like Martha, something terrible happens! It's up to Martha to help Skits realize just how special he is.

• Martha (2001)

• Martha Photo Album (2001

• Martha the Talking Dog (2001)

• Lulu's Hat (2002)
  In True Magic Families, one person of each generation is born with the gift of real magic. Lulu could never inherit this gift because she was adopted. Then she discovers an old hat in her uncle's costume trunk, and suddenly finds herself on a magic journey.

• Harry on the Rocks (2003)
  An afternoon boating excursion goes terribly awry when Harry drops his oars and the tide takes him and his little yellow boat out to sea. A storm washes him ashore on an island with nothing but sand and rocks and one windblown tree. Hungry, Harry hopes to eat an egg he finds amid the rocks, but after warming in the sun, the egg doesn't cookit hatches! So instead of dinner, Harry finds a friend. But just what is the little, quickly growing, colorful, winged, lizardlike creature? Harry's in for more than one surprise as he discovers the true nature of the bizzard's identity and the friendship they share.

• Perfectly Martha (2004)
  What do people really want from a dog? When Otis Weaselgraft opens up his Perfect Pup Institute, promising to train even the most drooling, barking, scratching, squirrel-chasing dog to be perfectly obedient in only three steps, Martha smells a rat. She knows dogs are already perfect. But Weaselgraft claims he can make man's best friend even better. Word of his amazing program spreads through the neighborhoodsoon half the dogs in town are enrolled at the Perfect Pup Institute. But there's something strange about the Perfect Pup graduates, and Martha is determined to find out what it is . . .

• The Witch's Walking Stick (2005)
  Poor Margaret is waking up to another bad day. Ever since her parents died, her brother and sister have made her sweep the floors, chop the wood, cook the meals, feed the pigs, and anything else they can think to demand. Selfish, mean, and twice as big as Margaret, they always get their way. When at last Margaret has had enough, she runs away into the forest. Just as she is wondering how she will survive, she comes upon an old lady with a very sad story: a dog has run off with her walking stick, and she can't do a thing without it. When the old lady promises Margaret a reward of three gold coins for its safe return, the girl readily agrees. Little does Margaret know that the old lady is really a witch, her reward a trick, and her walking stick a magic stick the witch has used to make a thousand miserable wishes come true . . .

• Just Teenie (2006)
  Justine is the smallest kid at school. Everyone calls her just Teenie. Nothing seems to fit her, not her clothes, her house, or the rides at the carnival. Then she meets the mysterious Madame Flora and is granted her wish to grow. The surprising result leads Justine to see her small size from a new point of view. Filled with wry humor and appealing illustrations, Just Teenie is for all those children who just can't wait to be big. Whether they are lifted by a magic vine, or their imaginations, Just Teenie is sure to raise young readers and listeners to new heights!