Marc Brown (1) (1946–)

{My thoughts} – Arthur has problems waking up for school. His little sister D.W. helps him by annoying him. His little sister decided that she needed to copy everything he did so she could get ready for when she would go to school the next year. Arthur finds it silly, and annoying. Then he is off and out the door. He rushed so fast he’d left his homework at home on the table. D.W. and his dad bring it to school for him and he finds out that maybe she isn’t so annoying after all.

This was a fun read through with my daughter. I remember watching snippets of this show with my older children that are now 15, 13, and 12. They really enjoyed it a lot and I am sure that the younger two will as well in time. I can’t wait until they really get into it like the older kids did. I look forward to reading more books in this series in the future.… (mere)

{my thoughts} – This is a cute little book about Buster, the rabbit off the P.B.S. kids cartoon called Arthur. In this book he goes on a trip to visit a farm in Indiana. While he is away he sends postcards to all his friends about some of the things he did and learned. I believe that the illustrations match perfectly with the books story and that it is easy to read and understand.

I liked that at the beginning of the book it showed a glossary of farm words that were used in the book and that it showed statistics of the state of Indiana. I think that those two things were really helpful to have read before reading the story. They helped my child to better understand some of the vocabulary that was being used.… (mere)

{my thoughts} – This is a cute little book about Buster, the rabbit off the P.B.S. kids cartoon called Arthur. In this book he goes on a trip to visit a farm in Indiana. While he is away he sends postcards to all his friends about some of the things he did and learned. I believe that the illustrations match perfectly with the books story and that it is easy to read and understand.

I liked that at the beginning of the book it showed a glossary of farm words that were used in the book and that it showed statistics of the state of Indiana. I think that those two things were really helpful to have read before reading the story. They helped my child to better understand some of the vocabulary that was being used.… (mere)