Arthur, for the Very First Time

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HarperCollins

Annotation: Arthur spends a summer with his unconventional aunt and uncle and begins to look at life, his family, and himself differently.

Genre: [Humorous fiction]

Reviews: 4

Catalog Number: #4566473

Format: Paperback

Publisher: HarperCollins

Edition Date: 1989 Release Date: 01/22/02

Illustrator: Bloom, Lloyd,

Pages: 117 pages

ISBN: 0-06-440288-6

ISBN 13: 978-0-06-440288-0

Dewey: Fic

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Families. Juvenile fiction.
Uncles. Juvenile fiction.
Aunts. Juvenile fiction.
Families. Fiction.
Uncles. Fiction.
Aunts. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

The Newbery Medal-winning author's first book tells of a boy's spending the summer away from home, and how he learns to look at the world in different ways. Ages 8-11. (Feb.)

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Word Count: 20,630

Reading Level: 4.2

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.2 / points: 3.0 / quiz: 204 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:5.3 / points:5.0 / quiz:Q13338

Lexile: 660L

Guided Reading Level: R

Fountas & Pinnell: R

Arthur Rasby is ten years old and having the worst summer of his life. His parents don't listen to him, so he writes everything down -- everything that's real -- in his journal. But when he goes to stay with his Great-Aunt Elda and Great-Uncle Wrisby on their farm, his world is turned upside down. For the first time Arthur wonders what's real and what's not.

His aunt and uncle do things Arthur's parents would never do -- like climbing out windows to sit in trees, singing to their pet pig, and speaking French to a pet chicken. Life on the farm happens much too fast to write down -- sometimes wonderful, sometimes terrible. Arthur begins to understand there is more than one way of seeing and doing and loving. And he realizes there's a whole world just waiting to be discovered.

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