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George and Martha Early Reader |  | Author: James Marshall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
List Price: $15.00
Buy New: $7.31
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Seller: abookarama
Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 24
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0618963316
EAN: 9780618963317
Publication Date: September 3, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Readers will delight in James Marshallâs award-winning classic tales of George and Martha—two beloved, wise, and hilarious hippos! Story Number One: Split Pea Soup Oh, no! Martha made split pea soup again! How can George tell Martha that he hates split pea soup without hurting her feelings?
Story Number Two: The Flying Machine When Georgeâs flight does not go as planned, Martha knows just the right thing to say.
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 4 1/2 George and Martha (Slight Return) December 28, 2008
M. Allen Greenbaum (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Please Note: These two stories originally appeared in "George and Martha: Rise and Shine," (1972, 48 pages, 8.6 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches) a collection of five stories that costs about 33 cents more at Amazon.com. There's also "George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends Collector's Edition" (368 pages, 9.4 x 8.3 x 1.5 inches). This contains all 35 George and Martha stories, and costs about $3.15 more. Absent some compelling reason, I'd advise getting one of the larger books. The decision to sell this at almost the same price as the 5-story collection prompted me to deduct one point from my rating of the book.)
The George and Martha series is one of my favorites. For all their simplicity, they're wise stories of friendship, and how one keeps friendship both because of--and despite--individual differences.
The lead figures are two large, cute hippopotami; so strongly bound in friendship that, paradoxically, they don't always say or do the right thing. For example, in Story #1, the famous "Split Pea Soup." The apron-clad Martha cooks a big pot of the stuff on the stove. A framed "Soup's On" picture decorates the wall:
"Martha was very fond of making split pea soup. Sometimes she made it all day long. Pots and pots of split pea soup." [Turn the page]
"If there was one thing George was not fond of, it was split pea soup."
This is wonderful wry/dry humor, but shows a common problem: One friend doesn't want to hurt another's feelings. However, instead of talking about it, George decides to hide his discontent, as he "carefully poured the rest of his soup into his loafers under the table." "'Now she will think I have eaten it," he mistakenly reasons. Wrong! Martha was watching from the kitchen, and without missing a beat, she asks George, "How do you exoect to walk home with your loafers full of split pea soup?" (his should elicit lots of laughter from your young audience!) The honest exchange that follows is both funny and productive, as the two friends' honesty opens the door to a happy resolution.
The next story (only 6 pages long), concerns George's attempt at ballooning so that he can become "the first of my species to fly!" Nothing that George's weight may be keeping the balloon grounded, Martha suggests that George step out. When he does, however, the balloon flies away. George is mildly distraught, but Martha reassures him, "I would rather have you down here with me."
These two stories have their own kind of levity, humorous, wry, and unburdened with heavy moral intonations. Yet, for all their whimsy, they're beautiful and warm, conveying much of the essence of friendship.
 not like the original version February 12, 2008
Mommy of Three Boys (Greensboro, NC)
This book gets three stars but only because the two stories it contains are so good. The older version of "George & Martha" contains FIVE stories, not two. I checked this out of the library and was so disappointed! George and Martha stories are great -- short but not babyish. There are not a lot of words but they are _interesting_ words. The plots are simple enough for my 3-y old to understand but most of the stories have a little twist which makes them great for older kids too. But buy the complete stories or the original version of "George & Martha", don't waste your money buying two little stories at a time.
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