Arthur Adventure Series Series by Marc Brown

One of a series of picture books featuring Arthur the aardvark, and D.W., his bossy little sister. Arthur says his new puppy, Pal, is very active, but D.W. thinks Pal's just plain naughty. His puppy phase is proving to be a bit of a problem - and not just for Arthur.

What makes a good story? That's the question Arthur asks himself when Mr. Ratburn gives a creative writing assignment to his class.

Time is running out! Only two more days till Christmas and Arthur can't decide what to give the most important person on his list: Santa. D.W. can't understand why Arthur is having so much trouble. "Just do what I do. Get everyone the same thing, " she advises. But Arthur is determined to find something special.

Arthur's determination to prove he is responsible enough to have a puppy brings him a menagerie of animals to care for.

D.W. volunteers Arthur to babysit the terrible Tibble twins, notorious for their mischief. The situation gets out of control, but Arthur comes up with a great idea to get the twins to behave. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Arthur's sister D.W. offers friendly, no-nonsense advice to help preschoolers get through their first day of school in this "New York Times" bestseller, now in paperback. Full color.

None of Arthur's friends wear glasses and his classmates tease him! But when he stops wearing them, he gets in all kinds of trouble. Maybe four eyes really are better than two.

Just when Arthur is looking forward to going to the circus, he comes down with the chicken pox. D.W. teases him about his spots, but she is actually jealous of all the extra attention Arthur is getting. Finally, on the day of the circus, Arthur is well enough to go, but D.W. wakes up with the spots she so badly wanted. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Arthur can't wait to hand out his birthday party invitations. But it turns out Muffy is having her party on the exact same day! All of his friends are split between the two parties so Arthur and Francine hatch a clever scheme to make sure Arthur and Muffy have the best birthdays yet!