The book is wonderful for young children. I know when I was in school every child had chicken pox at some point. Children need to read this story to see how to overcome ther sickness. You have to take the bad with the good. Therefore, make the best out of every single thing. Children need to understand to overcome a sickness, the child has to rest. This story is great for children in kindergarten and older.

This is a great story for kids in kindergarten through 3rd grade. This story talks about how Arthur has all of these big plans made, but has to go home early from school one day because he starts feeling badly. Turns out Arthur has the chicken pox. He thinks he is going to miss out on everything fun, but his grandmother ends up making his time at home just as fun.
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In this story Arthur has to say home because he feels bad. He skips school because he has the chicken pox/ Arthur gets to see what it is like to stay home from school but in reture itch all over.

“Arthur’s Chicken Pox” written by Marc Brown is a great story that children can easily relate. In this story, Arthur and his family were planning a trip to the circus; everyone, especially Arthur, was very excited. Arthur had to be checked-out of school one day, because he was not feeling well; his mother determined that he had the Chicken Pox. Arthur was very upset because he thought he was going to miss the circus, but his grandmother came and brought special treats for Arthur. Arthur ended up recovering from the Chicken Pox and was able to go to the circus; unfortunately, his sister caught the Chicken Pox and had to stay home. This is a great story to read to Kindergarten to Third grade students.

Arthur has the chicken pox and everyone around him is taking care of him. He gets the special treatment from his Grandma. Arthur's sister, D.W., gets jealous of Arthur's attention and tries to fake the chicken pox to get special treatment too. When D.W. gets caught she tries to rub it in to Arthur that she gets to go to the circus and he doesn't. But when it came to going to the circus everyone was ready including Arthur but D.W. is stuck with the chicken pox.