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Martha Doesn't Say Sorry
by Samantha Berger

Release Date: 4th Jun 2009
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 978 0 3160 6682 2
RRP: £9.99

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Martha learns to say sorry...

Martha is a little girl. She has a mother, father and younger brother. Martha is good at sharing, she likes hugs a lot, she even makes presents for other people – but sometimes, Martha is naughty. She can’t seem to help herself. But the worst thing of all is that Martha simply refuses to say sorry.

Like all children of a certain age and beyond, learning to accept that they have behaved badly and are expected to apologise for such behaviour doesn’t necessarily come easy. As a parent, it is useful to have something to turn to as an example how best to behave – Martha Doesn’t Say Sorry does just that. The message is delivered showing immediate consequences that will have meaning to that age group and in simple terms that they will understand and empathise with.

What is exceptionally clever about this story though is the fact that it does not make the antagonist (Martha) to be a particularly naughty child; quite the opposite, in fact, is made very clear – Martha is a good girl who sometimes does bad things. Why is this clever? Because by illustrating that a perfectly nice girl can be guilty of behaving badly, children and parents can be lifted of the burden of assuming their child is “naughty” when they misbehave. It also encourages the good behaviours displayed by Martha is a nicely subtle manner.

Martha Doesn’t Say Sorry is a staple book for parents with toddlers and early school age children. It is perhaps a misguided judgement to have made the cover pink as the story is as applicable to both sexes and the pinkness alone could deter some boys from wanting to read it, which would be a shame. Perhaps an ‘Arthur Doesn’t Say Sorry’ could be the answer – in a blue sleeve, of course!

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