Arthur's Birthday Party

Arthur the Chimpanzee

by Lillian Hoban

Happy Birthday, Arthur! Arthur is having a gymnastics party for his birthday, with prizes for balancing, tumbling, and rope climbing. Arthur is sure that he will win the prize for best all--around gymnast. But his little sister, Violet, and her friend Wilma have been practicing-and they may have a surprise in store....

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction

64 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 1998

About the author

The youngest of three children, Lillian Hoban was born in Philadelphia on May 18, 1925. She attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, studied dance for ten years (and danced with the Martha Graham dancers), taught Modern Dance and danced professionally in the 1950s.
She learned to draw still life and began to write her own stories only after having children (Phoebe, Brom, Esme and Julia), and based her tales on their experiences.

Lillian Hoban's I-Can- Read-Books about Arthur the Chimpanzee, and the Frances books (written by her former husband Russell Hoban) continue to be extremely popular among children as time goes by- the hallmark of classics.

from http://www.lillianhoban.com/Biography...

Reviews

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

9/18/17 Read with Naomi.

[Chris Aldrich · Rating 2 out of 5]

Simple to read and a vaguely interesting plot. Not as good as the Francis series though. Nothing funny here.

[kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

okay

[Nik · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it so much because he could see what the birthday invitations said.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

an cute early reader for learn about social relationships

[Bea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read again for school - 1st grade

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!! I get a kick from Arthur's mishaps.

[Chloe Fairfield]

it was funny and it was short.it was all about birthday parties

[Jeremy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Arthur thinks he's too good to practice, and he wins best overall gymnast.