Arthur's Teacher Trouble (Arthur Adventure Series)

I enjoyed reading this book for a few reasons. The style of the illustrations helped to draw the reader in to the story. The illustrations in this story are very detailed. These detailed illustrations added humor and little features which are not found from reading the text alone. I also liked that the overall plot of this book is easy for children to relate to. Upon entering school, many children feel nervous about their new teachers. Children sometimes judge people based on what others say before getting to know the person themselves. This is what happened with Arthur and his teacher Mr. Ratburn. Arthur had a negative impression of Mr. Ratburn because of what other students said about him. However, once Mr. Ratburn’s teaching helped show more Arthur win the Spellathon Arthur realized that Mr. Ratburn was not like everyone said he was. The message of this story is when you work hard you can accomplish great things. Although may not always be fun, hard work pays off. In the story, Arthur studied his spelling words every day and sometimes even missed time with his friends to study. However, all of this hard word paid off at the Spellathon when he was able to spell every word correctly and win. show less

I loved this book growing up and still do. The story centers around Arthur and his concerns about his new teacher after all of the rumors he has heard about them. The book is written in a way that young readers can have an easy time getting through but can still be challenging with new vocabulary. The print is written boldly to allow the reader to see the words easily and the passages do not take up too much space on the page, giving the illustrations most of the attention. The illustrations themselves are beautifully drawn, giving the reader the entire scene of what is currently going on in the story, rather than just a small framed picture. The coloring also adds a cartoonish feeling, making it appealing to young readers. The big show more picture of the story is to not judge a book by its cover and to not believe everything you hear. show less

Arthur gets a new teacher, Mr. Ratburn, and finds him strict. On top of that, Arthur also has to partake in a spelling bee. It seems that Arthur Read can never catch a break; what will he do?

I grew up reading Arthur and I've also viewed the acclaimed PBS series. Besides being a strong story with at least two morals, the art is just superb. As a trained artist, I can appreciate Marc Brown's style and technique. He works in watercolor (not an easy medium to control) and pencil - which renders such vivid images of Arthur, Buster, Sue Ellen, Prunella, Francine, and the rest of the gang. Compared to the earlier books, Marc Brown has really hit his stride by now and it shows with the livid artwork.

My verdict? Arthur's Teacher Trouble is one show more of the better (if not best) Arthur books and is definitely one to check out! show less

I liked this book because it showed students that hard work pays off. In the story, Arthur is upset because he has a strict teacher and all of his friends have super fun teachers. Arthur gets frustrated when all of his friends are playing and going on field trips while he is spending all of his time studying for a huge spelling test his teacher is giving his class to determine who will compete in the 3rd grade spelling bee. In the end, Arthur winds up competing in and winning the spelling bee. I liked this book because the illustrations really did the text justice. When the text discussed how all of Arthur's family members helped him by quizzing him and telling his friends he couldn't play at the moment, there was a picture to correlate show more with each person. I also liked this book because it can teach students how to spell certain words. For example, his father says, "How about your C-H-O-R-E-S?" and his mother says, "Have you made your B-E-D?" When I was reading this to one of the boys I nanny, he said, "Emma! That spells bed!" so it does help children with spelling. The big idea behind this plot is that if you work hard, you will succeed. Arthur was placed in a classroom with a super strict and hard teacher, but he studied a lot and succeeded in the class and the spelling bee. show less

Have you ever had that one teacher who's known for being strict? Arthur has and he doesn't seem to like it one bit. On the very first day Mr. Ratburn, Arthur's new third grade teacher, gives him a pile of home work to do and later the same week he gives the whole class a spelling test with 100 words! Luckily, Arthur passed the test with flying colors but now he has to participate in the spelling bee. I loved the lesson that hard work pays off.

I had mixed feelings about the book, Arthur's Teacher Trouble, by Marc Brown. I liked that the author used a lot of dialogue in the story to make it feel more real and in the moment. There is dialogue on almost everypage; such as, "'Have a chocolate chip cookie,' said mother." and "'There must be a mistake!' said Muffy." I did not like, however, the illustrations. I felt like there was too much going on on some pages and I did not know where to look. For example, there is a page that talks about the principal showing the students the spelling trophy and then has dialogue between Francine and Prunella, but there was so much going on it took me a long time to figure out which characters they were on the page. The main idea of this book is show more that hard work pays off. show less

Genre:fantasy
Age appropriateness: preschool and up
Review: Arthur gets Mr. Ratburn for a teacher, who is the toughest teacher in the whole school and also gives the most amount of homework. Arthur becomes overwhelmed by all the work and resentful that other classes can do fun things. He has to take a spelling test of 100 words, which prepares him for the spelling bee. Because of all his hard preparation,he goes on to be very successful in the spelling bee, ironically spelling "preparation."It teaches us an important lesson: working hard for something and doing one's best always yields the greatest reward. With no effort at all, you won't come out with your best.
It is an fantasy picture book because it use animal as the main character. show more However, the plot itself is realistic just as every student would encounter at school. show less