Susan Meddaugh

Problems arise when Martha, the family dog, learns to speak after eating alphabet soup.

When a witch loses her magic walking stick, which has been used over the years to grant hundreds of miserable wishes, she tricks a young girl into finding and returning it, with unexpected results.

A collarless Martha lands in an animal shelter and makes new animal friends on whose behalf she organizes a dog show to help them find families.

Martha helps her friend Truman develop his baseball skills.