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Arthur Adventure Series
Arthur Meets the President: An Arthur Adventure (Arthur Adventures
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Follow Arthur on the adventure of a lifetime, during a trip to Washington, D.C. to meet the President of the United States! When Arthur is invited to meet the President after winning an essay contest, he can't wait explore the nation's capitol with his family and friends. There's just one he's got stage fright! Will he be able to overcome his fear and deliver the perfect speech in front of everyone?
Follow Arthur on the adventure of a lifetime, during a trip to Washington, D.C. to meet the President of the United States! When Arthur is invited to meet the President after winning an essay contest, he can't wait explore the nation's capitol with his family and friends. There's just one he's got stage fright! Will he be able to overcome his fear and deliver the perfect speech in front of everyone?
32 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1991
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Marc Brown
551 books384 followersMarc Tolon Brown is perhaps best known for his series of children's books about Arthur the aardvark, which was turned into an animated television show on PBS. Brown is a three-time Emmy Award winner, for his role on the television show inspired by his books.
He lives on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City with his wife, Laurie Krasny Brown. He has three children, sons Tolon and Tucker, and daughter Eliza. The names of his two sons have been hidden in all of the Arthur books except for one: Arthur's Tooth.
He lives on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City with his wife, Laurie Krasny Brown. He has three children, sons Tolon and Tucker, and daughter Eliza. The names of his two sons have been hidden in all of the Arthur books except for one: Arthur's Tooth.
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August 30, 2019
Arthur’s school had a writing contest about how they could make the country great again. Guess who won nation wide? It was Arthur. He and his class get to go to DC and meet the president and give his speech. Arthur is very nervous about giving his speech. He is lucky he has such an awesome younger sister.
We see the kids touring DC. The niece was saying how, we have been there or seen that or not seen that. She has seen all the buildings, but not gone in all of them. Actually, I haven’t toured any of the buildings in this. I should do the White House tour someday, the capital too.
This was an interesting story and it’s neat to see places in the story that the kids have seen. Both kids had fun with this book and they agreed it was worth 4 stars together. We need to go back to DC so the nephew, who has been, can actually remember.
We see the kids touring DC. The niece was saying how, we have been there or seen that or not seen that. She has seen all the buildings, but not gone in all of them. Actually, I haven’t toured any of the buildings in this. I should do the White House tour someday, the capital too.
This was an interesting story and it’s neat to see places in the story that the kids have seen. Both kids had fun with this book and they agreed it was worth 4 stars together. We need to go back to DC so the nephew, who has been, can actually remember.
May 18, 2015
This was a little far-fetched. Usually I am completely immersed in what I call "The Arthurverse." I don't ask questions, and everything is highly believable and understandable. This story was just too wacky. All of a sudden we're in the nation's capital? And in the last Arthur book we're hanging out in his tree-house for a Bionic Bunny Fan Club Meeting? No way, Jose. This is fun as a "What If" sort of musing, but I gotta say it because nobody else here has the guts: THIS AIN'T CANON. At least I don't consider it to be canon. So, yeah.
May 2, 2014
Executive. That's right. Arthur is going Executive, and you're gonna love it. And the whole crew rolls with. Moms. Pops. D.W. And of course, Buster, Francine, and the rest of Mr Ratburn's class head to the nation's Capitol. Also noticed that Arthur and D.W's parents have had another child. I think I see a spin-off series!
May 19, 2020
Arthur Meets The President is a book about how Arthur gets a chance to meet the President by writing in a school-wide contest. To his surprise he wins and is able to go to Washington D.C. The trip wasn't as exciting as he thought it would be but everything turns out perfectly.
This is a great example of a children's literature picture book. According to thoughtco.com the pictures in a children's book are just as important as the text. In several of the pages a reader must take note of what is happening in the picture to understand why the characters are acting a particular way.
This is a great example of a children's literature picture book. According to thoughtco.com the pictures in a children's book are just as important as the text. In several of the pages a reader must take note of what is happening in the picture to understand why the characters are acting a particular way.
April 19, 2010
“Arthur Meets the President” is one of the books from Marc Brown’s famous “Arthur” series that reflects Marc Brown’s own personal experience in visiting the White House. In this adventure, Arthur wins an essay contest and is invited to talk about his essay at the White House, but unfortunately, Arthur is extremely nervous about presenting his speech at the White House. “Arthur Meets the President” is definitely a heartwarming story about exploring the wonders of the White House and conquering stage fright.
Marc Brown cannot be beaten in illustrating and writing stories when it comes to his famous “Arthur” series. This time, Marc Brown has truly made this story inspiring by relating his own experiences in visiting the White House and meeting the President through Arthur’s experience in visiting the White House which made this book truly memorable since the story in this book relates strongly to Marc Brown’s own experiences in his personal life. Marc Brown’s illustrations are great and creative as usual, especially of the images of the White House and the great monuments that surrounded the White House as he draws it in great detail, making the White House look extremely attractive (even for an “Arthur” book) Also, children can easily see that this is one of the newer “Arthur” books since Arthur’s nose is no longer long and he looks even cuter than before.
“Arthur Meets the President” is a brilliant story about the wonders of the White House and how being honored to speak on various issues regarding the country with the President is a memorable experience for anyone who wants to visit the White House. I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate for children in this book and since smaller children would love the “Arthur” series for a long time.
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Marc Brown cannot be beaten in illustrating and writing stories when it comes to his famous “Arthur” series. This time, Marc Brown has truly made this story inspiring by relating his own experiences in visiting the White House and meeting the President through Arthur’s experience in visiting the White House which made this book truly memorable since the story in this book relates strongly to Marc Brown’s own experiences in his personal life. Marc Brown’s illustrations are great and creative as usual, especially of the images of the White House and the great monuments that surrounded the White House as he draws it in great detail, making the White House look extremely attractive (even for an “Arthur” book) Also, children can easily see that this is one of the newer “Arthur” books since Arthur’s nose is no longer long and he looks even cuter than before.
“Arthur Meets the President” is a brilliant story about the wonders of the White House and how being honored to speak on various issues regarding the country with the President is a memorable experience for anyone who wants to visit the White House. I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate for children in this book and since smaller children would love the “Arthur” series for a long time.
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October 21, 2016
Mr. Ratburn, Arthur’s teacher, announces a contest that the President is holding. Students are to write letters explaining how to make America great and the winner will get travel to Washington DC with their class to meet the president. Arthur wins the contest but is worried the entire week about forgetting his speech. When he finally gets to meet the president, D.W. helps lighten the mood and remind Arthur of his speech. This book obviously goes with the theme of other Arthur books in that it is cute, funny, and has a great underlying message. However, I felt that it was a very haphazard plot. There wasn't much detail anything, and I think that the class's trip to D.C. could've been elaborated on much more. This book has potential for introducing an American government unit. Students would be introduced to the country’s capital, and discussion could be opened up about all the monuments mentioned and the president.
December 29, 2014
A) Arthur is one of my favorite cartoons of all time. I still watch it with my mouth hanging open from utter absorption.
... Okay, so maybe I still watch most cartoons with all my attention but still. Arthur's the one I enjoy the mostest.
B) The TV series is based on the books, not vice versa, which is pretty neat. And while I was reading this I could hear everybody's voice as I read out their narrative, which was really fun.
C) DW is surprisingly helpful and nice in this one. Also Francine's wearing a skirt. I need to reread the others and see if it was just an isolated incident or if that's how the books had those two portrayed, because I can't remember.
D) Why did I put these into bulletin points? Dunno. Anyway, buy these for your kids. BUY THEM.
... Okay, so maybe I still watch most cartoons with all my attention but still. Arthur's the one I enjoy the mostest.
B) The TV series is based on the books, not vice versa, which is pretty neat. And while I was reading this I could hear everybody's voice as I read out their narrative, which was really fun.
C) DW is surprisingly helpful and nice in this one. Also Francine's wearing a skirt. I need to reread the others and see if it was just an isolated incident or if that's how the books had those two portrayed, because I can't remember.
D) Why did I put these into bulletin points? Dunno. Anyway, buy these for your kids. BUY THEM.
December 24, 2011
Arthur needs Toastmasters!
I'm learning I am not a big Arthur fan. The stories are contrived. D.W. seems to rescue the story each time.
Stories that deal with school seem to have an idyllic notion that hearkens back to an earlier time. While this is fiction, the idea that an entire class would just get onto an airplane and travel to the White House stuns me. That would never happen. Ever!
The problem of the story is that Arthur is nervous about reciting his story to POTUS. But that wasn't what the contest was; that was added by the teacher. Why should a student have to recite a writing he wrote? Seems silly and not realistic.
I'm learning I am not a big Arthur fan. The stories are contrived. D.W. seems to rescue the story each time.
Stories that deal with school seem to have an idyllic notion that hearkens back to an earlier time. While this is fiction, the idea that an entire class would just get onto an airplane and travel to the White House stuns me. That would never happen. Ever!
The problem of the story is that Arthur is nervous about reciting his story to POTUS. But that wasn't what the contest was; that was added by the teacher. Why should a student have to recite a writing he wrote? Seems silly and not realistic.
April 3, 2015
This book is a fantastic set induction to a unit or lesson on Presidents. The author provides a creative storyline to get the students interested in Presidents. The book disscusses a variety of different subjects relating to the president such as, the White House, diffferent sights in Washington, and how kids can write to the President and get a response. It can also be used to reinforce appropriate letter-writing structure. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to make the subject a little more fun for children. Of course, it is filled with fun stuff between Arthur, his pesty sister D.W., and friends.
August 29, 2013
This book was awesome! Arthur won a contest for his class to meet the President. It talks about how nervous he was to recite his speech and how he was afraid that he was going to forget it all. Children reading this book can relate to those types of feelings when they have to talk in front of the class or something like that. They can understand what it is like to be that nervous. Also, Arthur's family was so supportive. His parents were encouraging him to relax and they tried to calm his nerves. Even though D.W. seemed to tease him about it at first, in the end she was the one that helped put Arthur at ease. I think family is valued in this book, and I really liked that.
March 29, 2011
I give this book 5 stars. This book is very entertaining. The story is about Arthur meeting the president. He wins an essay writing contest and he and his entire class takes a trip to the white house. He has some anxiety about reciting his essay to the president. This story would be a great story to turn into a lesson. You can use this story to have your students write letters to the President about how to make the country great. It helps the students think about their individual contributions to the country. You could also integrate LA/Social Studies in the lesson.
February 7, 2019
Summary: Arthur enters a contest along with the rest of his school to meet the president of the US. Arthur memorizes and recites his speech in front of the President at the White House along with the rest of Mr. Ratburn's class.
Connections: I remember reading and watching the tv episodes of Arthur when I was a child.
How you would use it: This would be a great book to read on President's Day or Election Day to talk about what government jobs are, what the President does, and the importance of voting.
Connections: I remember reading and watching the tv episodes of Arthur when I was a child.
How you would use it: This would be a great book to read on President's Day or Election Day to talk about what government jobs are, what the President does, and the importance of voting.
October 16, 2008
Genre: Picture Book
Audience: K-4th
Topic: Presidents
Curricular Uses: Read Aloud, Independent Reading
Reading Level: Transitional
Literary Elements: Dialogue, sequential plot
Illustrations: Simple illustrations that reinforce the text. Typical Arthur illustrations that are in all of the Arthur books.
Additional Comments: Good book that teaches about America. Not one of my favorites, but many children seem to like to read the Arthur books.
Audience: K-4th
Topic: Presidents
Curricular Uses: Read Aloud, Independent Reading
Reading Level: Transitional
Literary Elements: Dialogue, sequential plot
Illustrations: Simple illustrations that reinforce the text. Typical Arthur illustrations that are in all of the Arthur books.
Additional Comments: Good book that teaches about America. Not one of my favorites, but many children seem to like to read the Arthur books.
April 1, 2011
Arthurs at it again! And he's meeting the president. I really love Arthur books because the pictures have so many hidden things inside them that help me pay close attention. I would deffintly suggest to read this book to a class before starting a history lesson on the president or before assigning a writing assignement about how to make America Great (because that is what Aruthur has to do) so reading this book would be a good hook. The book also has a couple neat facts about the white house.
September 28, 2013
Arthur wins an essay contest and is invited to Washington DC to read his essay to the president. While there, Arthur visits different historical sights and learns about some US history. Before reading his essay to the president, he becomes very nervous. His note cards fly away but luckily he has his sister DW there to help him overcome his fears and recite his essay to the president.
A good book to use when talking about the presidents of the US or to introduce writing letters.
A good book to use when talking about the presidents of the US or to introduce writing letters.
January 15, 2017
Very nice Arthur the aardvark book. He is afraid he will mess up his speech he has to remember and say to the President of the United States. He wins a contest and his whole class gets a trip to D.C. The author included facts about places around DC within this children in the story. And instead of DW being the irritating little sister, she is actually the hero of the story helping Arthur out in the end. Wonderful little story.
February 23, 2017
This has been among the many books out as a February feature. I grew up with plenty of Arthur adventures, and I have several in my classroom library. This one isn't my favorite. It stays true to the series and characters, but feel it lacks details. A lot of D.C. connections are provided, but it doesn't elaborate for children any of the details or feelings of actually being in D.C.
I'm looking forward to wrapping up this current trend of picture books so we can move on to a new theme!
I'm looking forward to wrapping up this current trend of picture books so we can move on to a new theme!
February 7, 2019
This book was written in 1991, and has never been read satisfactorily to a child, because whenever an adult with any political views reads it, that person must either be so intent on self-control on not providing political commentary that the reading is flat, or entirely given over to political commentary, in which case the book would not be 'read' in the literal sense at all.
(The question Arthur answers, perhaps unavoidably, is "How can I help make America great?")
(The question Arthur answers, perhaps unavoidably, is "How can I help make America great?")
October 16, 2008
genre: picture book
audience: k - 4th
topic: presidents
curricular uses: read aloud, independent reading
reading level: transitional
literary elements: dialogue, sequential plot
illustrations: kind-of boring, but do reinforce the text
thoughts: not one of my favorite books to read to children.
audience: k - 4th
topic: presidents
curricular uses: read aloud, independent reading
reading level: transitional
literary elements: dialogue, sequential plot
illustrations: kind-of boring, but do reinforce the text
thoughts: not one of my favorite books to read to children.
January 31, 2012
For the Arthur lovers, such as myself, this book is good to read during social studies. The class has to write about what they think would make America great. While in Washington, they visit all the famous sites and explain them in ways children would enjoy instead of reading about it in a text book. It has a moral of the story which is we can help America great by helping others.
November 30, 2018
This book is good for grades k-2. This book could be used if you were talking about the places in Washington because it listed them in here and it is also a fun story of a class going on a trip. As a teacher you can have students do something with a trip they went on or a class trip they want to go on. The genre is modern fantasy.
September 30, 2018
Published in 1991, Arthur wins a speech contest about how to "make America great." He wins and gets to meet the president of the United States and recites his speech.
The adults reading and listening were amused at the contest's title.
#MAGA 😂
The adults reading and listening were amused at the contest's title.
#MAGA 😂
November 18, 2010
Arthur wins an essay contest and he and his class get to go meet the president. Different from the TV episode when he meets the president.
November 16, 2016
Arthur’s teacher announces a contest that the President is holding to his class. Students are to write letters explaining how to make America great and the winner will get travel to Washington DC with their class to meet the president. Arthur wins the contest but is worried the entire week about forgetting his speech. When he finally gets to meet the president, D.W. helps lighten the mood and remind Arthur of his speech.
This book wasn't one of my favorite. There wasn't enough details given for readers. I do not see myself using this book in my classroom to aid me in a teaching a lesson, but it still may be fun for students to read.
This book wasn't one of my favorite. There wasn't enough details given for readers. I do not see myself using this book in my classroom to aid me in a teaching a lesson, but it still may be fun for students to read.
June 7, 2020
This book is one of my favorite Arthur stories. I remember this one from when I was younger and it was still enjoyable to read for story time today. I enjoy the premise and especially the ending of this book. It's funnier now too since I've been to Washington D.C. to see their class take a field trip there like we did.
July 11, 2022
In this story of Arthur; Arthur works on his assignment on how to help America become better, and fast forward he has to make a speech on his assignment, and he is nervous. I like how the book approaches with actual helpful tips on how to help Arthur with his anxious thoughts. I would read this book to any kiddos who had a fear of giving speeches.
December 6, 2023
I almost gave this one four stars because the "how can I help make America great again?" assignment was a bit too much... but the ending was really funny and I loved it! It was interesting they changed so much of this story for the t.v. episode, but I guess D.W. might not have been appropriate, even if it's hilarious.
January 30, 2025
This is my first time reading An Arthur Adventure series, and I absolutely love it! The characters are unique, and the illustrations bring them to life vividly. The story is well-plotted—I really like the idea of the writing contest, especially how the whole class gets to go with the winner. Plus, the way they save Arthur is pretty funny.
April 4, 2018
Arthur enters an essay contest "How I Can Help Make America Great!" He wins and goes to the White House to meet the President. Arthur's message is "we can all help make America great by helping others." Written in 1991, how timely this is for 2018!
January 30, 2024
I might keep this one in my classroom library but it is not one I would particularly read aloud to students. It didn't have much to actually do with the president but the ending was funny and students might enjoy picking this one up if they like the character Arthur.
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