Photos by Mick Melvin
A new children’s novel by Martha Ritter, with illustrations by Matt Ryan was celebrated with a book signing on June 26, 2014, at the Chase Family Gallery, at the Mandell JCC. Martha playfully read from her novel about a mute, nameless foxhound who has spent her life in a laboratory cage. The story’s characters include a diva ladybug named Dottie, and a solitary girl named Olivia, who rescues the hound.
Martha Ritter is a journalist, speechwriter, and poet,and she has worked in theater and shared her sense of humor with a national audience in a number of classic TV commercials. This is her first children’s book.
“The Nearly Calamitous Taming of PZ” will be available online (at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com) and in bookstores in August.
Author Martha Ritter signs a copy of her book "The Nearly Calamitous Taming of PZ."
