Presents the life of the artist and author known primarily for his more than thirty children's books featuring Arthur the aardvark. The Children's Authors series gives young readers an intimate look at the lives of their favorite writers. Each engaging biography traces an author's childhood, education, and career. Readers will learn what inspired the authors to write and how they came up with story ideas. Clearly-written text and amusing anecdotes...

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.

It takes a really embarrassing moment in the school cafeteria to cure Arthur of his fear of being caught in his underwear.

Arthur's third-grade class competes at the Middle Ages Fair, but they don't do very well. The only challenge left is to pull a sword from a stone.

It looks like trouble when the principal asks Arthur to take home a large envelope marked "confidential."

Three popular Chapter Books spring to life to delight fans of Marc Brown’s Arthur® series:
ARTHUR AND THE CRUNCH CEREAL CONTEST–There’s a year’s worth of Crunch cereal on the line…and it’s to be awarded to the composer of the best jingle. Arthur is so deteremined to win, he almost forgets about fairness.
ARTHUR ACCUSED!–Arthur’s heart is in the right place when he collects quarters to buy...

Read by Mark Linn-Baker
Approx. 2.5 hours
2 CD's
This special anniversary package includes four popular stories fromour previous audio collections.
Arthur's Mystery Envelope:  A Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Book #1
Arthur's Makes the Team:  A Marc Brown Arthur chapter Book #3
Arthur Accused:  A Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Book #5
Arthur and the Lost Diary:  A Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Book...

Arthur has to write a story as a homework assignment and keeps changing his idea of what to write as he talks to his friends.

Arthur and his classmates are extremely nervous about an upcoming mathematics competition.

The Brain does not believe in superstition, but when he tries to prove that superstitions are nonsense he starts finding bad luck everywhere he turns.