Arthur's Teacher Trouble

Picture Book
Title: Arthur's Teacher Trouble
Author: Marc Brown
Age Level: 5+
Rating: 4 out of 5

Summary
This book is about the first week of school that Arthur experiences in the third grade.  He gets stuck with Mr. Ratburn, who is a very tough teacher and gives the class homework the very first day of school.  He then assigns a spelling test that the students must take and the two students who get 100% will be in the all-school spellathon.  Arthur studies very hard for this while all his other friends are out playing because they dont have homework.  They take the test and Arthur and The Brain are the two who get 100%.  They compete in the spelling bee and Arthur ends up winning the spelling bee.

Opinion

I used to love reading Arthur and D.W. books growing up as well as watching their show on the CW.  I was always very excited to see the next adventure that they would find themselves in.  I came across this book when I was at home looking through my old books I used to read as a child.  I thought that the cartoon illustrations were done extremely well and with a lot of detail which made this book very esthetically appealing.  The story line in this book was a little difficult for you readers to read; I read this with my child study student and she had some troubles, however, this would be a great book for those students who are in second grade or higher.  I think that this book is something that students can relate to and will find interesting and fun to read.  Some students get frustrated in school because they get more homework than expected or they get stuck with the teacher that they did not want.  This book tells the story of how this situation may not be as bad as one might think.  With hard work and motivation, which is just what Mr. Ratburn gave the students, you can succeed and do things you may not have thought you could.

I would have this book in my classroom library as a future teacher because I think that children will find this book very appealing to read.  Arthur is a character that many children are familiar with and having these types of books in my classroom will motivate students to pick up a book and get engaged in reading.

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