New Releases by Marc Brown

Arthur the aardvark can''t leave well enough alone in this autumn adventure—from the creative producer of PBS''s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning TV series. Arthur has a big job to do: raking all of the leaves in the backyard. He tries to focus, but jumping in the leaves is way more fun than raking them. How will he ever finish? Arthur will need some help from his friends for this task!

Feeling apprehensive about an expected new baby and preferring his role as the younger brother, little Monkey receives support from his parents and older sibling as he learns what to expect and how to help.

Arthur finds everything about Halloween scary, including his little sister''s costume, his morning snack, and the big house on the corner.

Will Arthur figure out D.W.’s reading trick? D.W. makes a bet with Arthur that she can teach Baby Kate how to read in a single afternoon. The loser of the bet has to change their little sister’s stinky diapers! D.W. devises a clever trick to make sure she wins the bet. But will Arthur fall for it—or come up with a trick of his own before the next diaper change is needed?

When the gang takes a popularity contest in a girls'' magazine, Fern and Sue Ellen try to alter their personalities, much to the dismay of their friends

Arthur is unhappy about going on vacation with his family, but he shows them how to make the best of a bad situation when they end up stuck in a motel because of rain.

During a class visit to the museum, Arthur needs to make a quick visit to the boys’ lavatory. But a wrong turn leads him into a diorama of life-size models of Pilgrims celebrating the first Thanksgiving . . . just as Mr. Ratburn and his class are about to study it. Will Arthur be in big trouble?

During Christmas vacation week, D.W. volunteers to take the classroom pet gerbil, Speedy, home for the holidays. D.W. plans to teach him some new tricks to show her class, but soon learns that taking care of a gerbil isn’t as easy as she thinks, especially one as quick as Speedy. . . .

Short stories.

When Arthur hears his sister singing a catchy tune, he wonders if he could call that jingle his own and enter it in the Crunch Cereal Contest.

Arthur promises to buy ice cream for his little sister, D.W., if she can read ten words. The twosome race to the park, where D.W. is quick to recognize signs such as ZOO, DON''T WALK, POLICE, and ICE CREAM. When she reads WET PAINT before her big brother does, Arthur is in for a colorful surprise!

This package contains a classic Arthur adventure, illustrated with bright, bold, full-color art, and a fun filled sound track that includes lively character voices and an original musical score. There''s even a new theme song, ""Say Hello to Arthur?"," included on both sides.

Arthur the aardvark catches chicken pox a week before he is supposed to go to the circus.

Arthur, tired of being the only one in his class who still has all his baby teeth, waits impatiently for his loose tooth to fall out.

Arthur and a classmate are having a birthday party on the same day. How can he make sure that the children come to his party?

Provides mathematical connections to a variety of curriculum areas, based on the themes and elements in the story and art of the children''s book, Arthur''s pet business by Marc Brown.

Describes in verse the many kinds of homes--holes for worms, swamps for crocodiles, or a cat for fleas.

His friends tease Arthur when he gets glasses, but he soon learns to wear them with pride.

Unhappy with his nose, Arthur visits the rhinologist to get a new one.

Arthur studies for a spelling bee.