Arthur's Teacher Trouble (Arthur Adventures Series)

by Marc Brown

Overview

On the first day of school Arthur discovers he's got the toughest teacher in the third grade! The pressure is on to study hard for the all-school Spellathon. Can Arthur beat last year's champion speller? Or will he let Mr. Ratburn d-o-w-n?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316111867
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	04/03/1989
Series:	Marc Brown's Arthur Series
Pages:	30
Sales rank:	264,688
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Lexile:	570L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Marc Brown is the creator of the bestselling Arthur Adventure book series and creative producer of the number-one children's PBS television series, Arthur. He has also created a second book series featuring D.W., Arthur's little sister, as well as numerous other books for children. Marc Brown lives with his family in Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard.

Hometown:

Hingham, Massachusetts and Martha¿s Vineyard, Massachusetts

Date of Birth:

November 25, 1946

Place of Birth:

Erie, Pennsylvania

Education:

M.F.A., Cleveland Institute of Art, 1969

Editorial Reviews

Arthur may be facing his toughest challenge yet when he ends up with Mr. Ratburn for his third grade teacher. Rumors surround the man``Make one wrong move and he puts you on death row,'' and ``He's a vampire.'' All Arthur knows is that he has homework on the first day of school. His pesty sister, D. W., reminds Arthur that she won't have homework next year in kindergarten. The teacher announces a spelling test; the winners will go on to a school spellathon. Arthur works harder than he ever has, really pushing himselfand wins. Mr. Ratburn congratulates him and announces that next year he'll be teaching kindergarten. D. W. looks shocked when she gets that bit of news, having teased Arthur all week longit's a just, surprising comeuppance. The real-life lesson about teachers who expectand geta lot from their students is gently and winningly conveyed. (6-8)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Gr 1-4 Arthur and his friends are back, beginning another year of school, and who does Arthur have but Mr. Ratburn, the ``strictest teacher in the whole world.'' This year the students are preparing for the September spellathon, and while Miss Sweetwater's class is making popcorn and Mrs. Fink's class is going to the aquarium, the students in ``the Rat's'' class are studying harder than ever for the big event. On the night of the spellathon, the students from Miss Sweetwater's and Mrs. Fink's classes go down to defeat early, finally leaving Prunella, last year's winner, and Arthur as the two finalists. The outcome is predictable, but the story ends on the same fun-filled, child-pleasing note established on page one. As with previous Arthur books, there is a subtle messagethis time that perhaps Mr. Ratburn and others of his ilk aren't such bad teachers after allbut this may be too subtle for the intended audience. No matterBrown's appealing plot and grand illustrations (facial expressions are priceless) assure this book's popularity. Hayden Atwood, Cape Elizabeth Middle School, Maine

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