This is a partial list of books written by Marvin Martin, including memoirs, journals, family histories, travel books, reviews, correspondence, opinion articles, photography collections, children's novels, short stories, poetry, adaptations he has made for the stage, books written in conjunction with students, etc. As of 2015, he has completed over 150 books. These books are self-published.
When he was a teacher, he wrote a number of journal articles in education journals, pamphlets (THE GREAT VITAMIN MYSTERY and A RIVER OF MILK) for the National Dairy Council, magazine articles, portions of science textbooks, etc. He also took all of the photographs for a book on science education in the elementary school. Nine of them are collections of his reviews. None of them have been published, though copies of some can be found in homes, libraries, and archives around the country. He had 135 OpEd articles published in the Kenosha News and a couple in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Books
Photo Illustrated Children’s Novels
He wrote these novels based on his slide-tape presentations.
- Bored of Education
- The Giant Shrinker
- Wonderland Revisited
Group Novels
He wrote these in conjunction with students he taught, who were in 2nd through 4th grades.
- Escape from the Dark Hand
- The Haunted House
- The Crystal Palace
Family History
- Generations (A Martin family history from the first Martin coming to America until the last member of his father’s generation died. The time period covered is 1638 to 1986.)
- The Witch of Amesbury: the story of Susanna Martin, an innocent victim of the Salem witch hysteria of 1692 (About his ancestor, Susanna Martin).
Teaching Career
- The Great Harvest: Remembering a Teaching Career of 40 years
- Tributes - Vol. 1-2 (Praise he has received).
- Where Are They Now? (Exchanges with former students conducted via email and Facebook).
Photo Albums of People & Events in His Life
- Friends and Family
- I Can See It Now
- Seeing Is Remembering
Photo Illustrated Scripts of Children’s Plays That He Wrote (adapted for the stage) and Directed
- A Christmas Carol
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Ark Is Sinking
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- The Giant Shrinker
- Hansel and Gretel
- The Night the Bed Fell
- Peter Pan
- The Phantom Tollbooth
- The Plain Princess and the Lazy Prince
- The Song of Hiawatha
- Tom Sawyer
- The Thinking Machine
- The Wizard of Oz
Social Work
- The Long Journey Home ( The true story of a family of four children who spent eight years of their lives in children's homes and foster homes. He worked with them in his college days and had access to their court and casework records, as well as taped interviews with the surviving adult children and their mother).
Student Writings
- Expressions (Vol. 1-6)
Photo Illustrated Travel Journals
His students accompanied him on most of these trips.
- An American Journey (Eastern States)
- Been There Done That Vol. 1-2
- England
- Fun in the Sun (Florida trips)
- Greece - Vol. 1 -2
- Horizons 76 (Western States)
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy - Vol. 1
- Journeys of the Heart - Vol. 1
- New York, New York
- Scotland
Articles
Elementary English Vol. 39, No. 5 (MAY, 1962), pp. 415-417
Published by: National Council of Teachers of English
Keeping Up To Date In Space Science
Elementary School Science Bulletin No. 72 (OCTOBER 1962), pp. 2-3
Published by: National Science Teachers Association
All Writing Should Be Creative
The Elementary School Journal Vol. 63, No. 3 (Dec., 1962), pp. 132-135
Published by: The University of Chicago Press
Children Can Become Better Writers
Elementary English Vol. 41, No. 1 (JANUARY, 1964), pp. 53-55
Published by: National Council of Teachers of English
Springboards for Young Writers
The Elementary School Journal Vol. 62, No. 7 (Apr., 1962), pp. 360-361
Published by: The University of Chicago Press
Science Education Volume 47, Issue 3, pages 253–255, April 1963
Teaching Children for Tomorrow
Childhood Education Volume 38, Issue 8, 1962 p359-361
The Great Vitamin Mystery (pamphlet)
Published by: National Dairy Council (1968); 39 pages
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