Arthur's Valentine

One of the early Arthur books as well as the debut of Sue Ellen, whom I had a crush on when I was younger...

Anyway, it's Valentine's Day and someone is sending Arthur Valentines. Who is it? Things aren't easy for Arthur because during his tries to find out, he gets embarrassed a couple of times. As for who's sending Arthur his valentines...read the book to find out.

The art is still primitive compared to the later entries, but it's getting better as Marc Brown really is developing these characters. Plus, Arthur's hometown has a folksy charm that you don't see in the more urban depiction of Elwood City from the acclaimed PBS series.

Not a great Arthur book, but still a good one.

Arthur as he deals with receiving mysterious love notes at school before Valentine's Day. Arthur becomes convinced that Francine is sending him these notes and feels embarrassed, especially when his friends tease him about it. He tries various ways to avoid Francine and the whole Valentine's Day situation, even pretending to be sick to miss school. It turns out the notes were actually from Sue Ellen, not Francine, which makes Arthur feel bad about how he treated Francine. In the end, Arthur learns not to jump to conclusions and makes amends by giving both Francine and Sue Ellen valentines.

Third Arthur book. Nice art, and this one even has a real story. Francine is secretly sending Arthur valentines, but Arthur hopes it might be the new girl, Sue Ellen, sending them. Francine has teased Arthur in the previous books, and he gets her back with a little trick, once he discovers that she is his secret admirer. This is the best Arthur book so far.

"Arthur's Valentine" takes place one Valentine's Day when the little animal, Arthur has a secret admirer. The whole week before Valentine's Day Arthur receives love letters, but he cannot figure out who it is. He thinks it might be the new girl Sue Ellen. He sends her a love letter. He quickly discovers it is not because Sue Ellen and the other children make fun of his Valentine for her. When he gets home, the secret admirer writes him a poem telling him to meet her at the movies. He goes to the movies and realizes it is his friend Francine. He tells her to close her eyes and puts chocolate kisses next to her and leaves. This book provides a great moral lesson of why children should not make fun of one another. It also has great show more illustrations and a sweet ending. Marc Brown is most well known as Arthur's creator. He has written over thirty Arthur books for over twenty-five years. http://pbskids.org/arthur/parentsteachers/program/about_mb.html show less

In the book Arthur's Valentine, Arthur has a secret admirer who keeps leaving him love notes. He can not figure out who is admirer is at first but he hopes it is the new girl Sue Ellen. When he drops all of the love notes, the kids at school see them and they make fun of Arthur. Finally his mom gives him one last note from his secret admirer that tells him to meet her at the movies. He goes to the movie and realizes his secret admirer was his friend Francine.

This is a really cute book that i read to my daughter. She felt so sad for Arthur when the other children made fun of him. But she thought that the end was humerous and it was an overall good book.

I would read this to my young class at valentines day to give them an idea of what show more valentines day is. I could have each of them choose someone in the class to pretend to be his or her secret admirer for the day. show less

Valentines Day is around the corner and Arthur has been receiving Valentines from a secret admirer. Arthur hopes it is the new girl, Sue Ellen. Arthur decides to make Sue Ellen a special Valentines Day card and when Arthur goes home that day he finds a surprise; a letter from his secret admirer telling him to be at the movies tomorrow where they will meet. Arthur notices a smudge on the letter that reveals his secret admirer and goes to the movie the next day to give his secret admirer a surprise.

Arthur is a young aardvark who seems to get embarrassed easily. In this book Arthur receives valentine's from a secret admirer. During the course of the book Arthur looses his mushy valentine's and his friends find them! Finally, Arthur receives a valentine telling Arthur to meet his secret admirer at the movies. Turns out his secret admirer is one of his best friends Francine!
Classroom extension:
1. Since this book is about Valentine's day I would have the children make Valentine's for their classmates.
2. The students could be a secret admirer to someone in their family and make them a valentine!