Marc Tolon Brown

(First story) The Magic Toolbox show is coming to Ratburn's class to put the kids on TV! The kids prepare for stardom, but a behind-the-scenes star saves the show. (Second story) Arthur and his friends enter a contest to write story ideas for their favorite television show. (Third story) Arthur gets hooked on a baby show called Love Ducks, and tries to hide it from his friends.

An anthology of traditional chants and oratory from many American Indian tribes.

Arrthur's friend Buster is searching for a crime to solve, so when the quarters Arthur has collected for Mrs. MacGrady's charity drive disappear, Buster is on the case. Will he be able to prove Arthur's innocence so that he can attend the class picnic?

If Arthur and Buster cannot find a way to get Francine and the Brain to stop fighting, their soccer team will never make it to the play-offs.

Chicka chicka boom boom: The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Five creatures: In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Wild about books: Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. Inch by inch: To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song. Bonus stories:...

Arthur is looking forward to having his friend the Brain spend an entire weekend at his house, but then the Brain shows up and starts acting a little too much like the perfect family member.

Arthur challenges Francine to a game of kickball to prove to her that a person does not have to be a great athlete to be important to the team.

Arthur and his hockey teammates, as well as the ghost of the greatest goalie of all time, help out when Buster worries he'll never be as good a goalie as his hero.

When Arthur's class takes part in a race to raise money for literacy, Fern has no interest in participating, so she does not get involved in her classmates' training strategies.

After her friends help her get the lead in the third grade play, Francine becomes so intent on making the play perfect that she almost ruins it.