Arthur's valentine

Title:

Arthur's valentine

Author:

Summary:

Arthur's wrong guess about the identity of the secret admirer sending him valentine messages leads to teasing by the other children, but clues in additional messages allow him to get his due.

General Note:

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Valentine's Day -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Little, Brown,

Publication Date:

1980

ISBN:

9780316110624

Publication Information:

Boston : Little, Brown, c1980.

Call Number:

P BROWN

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
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Summary

Valentine's Day is just a few days away and Arthur can't figure out who his secret admirer is. It might be Fern, but he hopes it's Sue Ellen. Or is it Buster playing pranks? Can you guess?

Author Notes

Author and illustrator, Marc Brown was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1946. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art. After college, he worked numerous odd jobs before he began his career.

He is most renown for creating the Arthur series. The idea for Arthur, the aardvark came one night while telling his son a bedtime story. The first title in the series was "Arthur's Nose" written in 1976. Since then, Brown has written over thirty books in the Arthur Adventure series. D. W., Arthur's sister was another character created by Brown. In addition to writing, Brown also developed the Arthur television series on PBS.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 3-It's nearly Valentine's Day, and someone has been sending anonymous valentines to Arthur. He secretly hopes it is Sue Ellen. In anticipation, he makes a mushy valentine for her, placing it in her Valentine box. That day after school, his friends discover he is receiving the valentines, and they tease him. On Valentine's Day, he receives a ticket to a movie from his secret admirer with instructions on where to sit. He notices that the writer has inadvertently written (and erased) her name-it's Francine. When Francine meets him at the movie theater, he offers her a kiss. She closes her eyes, puckers up, and Arthur exits the movie theater, leaving chocolate candy kisses in his seat. This book and cassette recording of Marc Brown's book (Little, 1980) is fresh and enjoyable. A polished musical score by welcomes readers to this book. Marc Brown does a superb job of narrating. Throughout the reading, slick background music constantly changes with the mood of the story. A group of child-like voices joins Brown in reciting the chant teasing Arthur. One side of the cassette has page-turn signals. At the end of the book, Brown describes some of the action taking place in the illustrations. Youngsters will love this polished performance.- Stephanie Bange, Kettering-Moraine Branch, Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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