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5.0 out of 5 stars At his grandparents house he has a weird summer.
In Arthur for the very first time, Arthur's parents fight somuch that they have to send him away because they don't want him tohave to listen to them fight. So they send him away to his aunt and uncle's house .At his aunt and uncle's house he has a weird summer. His aunt and uncle talk to chickens in French, his uncle sings to pigs, and his uncle grows roses and onions...
Published on October 20, 1999

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3.0 out of 5 stars I thinik incredible things happen in this book.
Arthur For the Very First Time is about when a ten year old boy named Arthur goes to his aunt and uncle's house for the summer. However this isn't all he does. He builds a pen for Benadette the pig. Benadette has babies. Aunt Elda fights with the devil who she calls Ears. I recommend this book because it's exciting and incredible things happen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars At his grandparents house he has a weird summer., October 20, 1999
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In Arthur for the very first time, Arthur's parents fight somuch that they have to send him away because they don't want him tohave to listen to them fight. So they send him away to his aunt and uncle's house .At his aunt and uncle's house he has a weird summer. His aunt and uncle talk to chickens in French, his uncle sings to pigs, and his uncle grows roses and onions. He writes things down in his journal. I recommend this book becasue it has a lot of humor throughout the story. The story also has a beautiful writing style.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Arthur For The very First Time, June 15, 2000
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"Arthur for the Very First Time" by Patricia Maclachlanis about a boy called Arther, and his adventures at his uncles andaunts house. He met a chicken called Pauline, a girl called Moira and a pig called Bernadette and Moira's dad Moreover. Once Arther lost Pauline the chicken but he and Moira accidentally took YoYo's goose when Pauline was sleeping in the tree outside Arther's window. one day Moira and Arther wanted to take care of Pauline when she was sick and uncle Wrisby gave them the toxic(the medicine)for Pauline. Arthur said to give it a try first so they both tasted it and said grapefruit, Moira had to go home to meet the social worker, Arther and Pauline decided to come with Moira, so they drank some of the toxic the way, they were drunk and didn't ever know it when they went to moreover's house. One day Arther and Moira built a pen for Bernadette, but she didn't like it, until one one stormy day Bernadette was nowhere to be found! Arther checked everywhere until the only place was the pen Arther and Moira Built for Bernadette. She was there all right, but she wasn't breathing! Arther rapped his coat around Bernadette until they got to the place the other pigs. I think this is a very excenticly interesting book, because there are funny things, adventures, friendship, and it's like a biography for the summer at his aunts and uncles house.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars It is a good book for all ages, October 20, 1999
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Arthur For The Very First Time is a good book for various reasons. The plot is one of them. It is a funny, wonderful book for all ages. It all started when the main caracter Arthur's parents sent him to his greatuncle Wrisby and his great aunt Elda who have a huge house which changes his life. He writes it all in his journal.Later, he meets Moria and starts liking her.It is a very funny book that has crazy characters who will make you laugh.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful book, March 24, 2005
this is one of these books that you just have to read over the summer. there's something about the writing style that is both classic and highly orginal, and the story itself is very enjoyable.

it's one of those young adult books about a rural childhood that is so unassumingly well written that its characters and story are beyond believable. details like the uncle who plants a garden with nothing but rows of onions and roses lend a kind of surreal pleasure to the book, and still leave you sniffing the air for a ghost of summer earth and sky, even if you're reading this book indoors.

the character of Arthur is so recognizable and disarmingly bright and observant that i think young readers will instantly identify with him. there's something of an unbreakable wonder in the way that Arthur sees the world, but he's bright enough to still be somewhat guarded. all the characters are wonderfully written, really.

this is a great, well written young adult's book, and should not be missed.
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3.0 out of 5 stars I thinik incredible things happen in this book., October 20, 1999
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Arthur For the Very First Time is about when a ten year old boy named Arthur goes to his aunt and uncle's house for the summer. However this isn't all he does. He builds a pen for Benadette the pig. Benadette has babies. Aunt Elda fights with the devil who she calls Ears. I recommend this book because it's exciting and incredible things happen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Uncle Wrisby sings to a pig., October 20, 1999
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Arthur For the Very First Time is about a boy who had to go tohis aunt and uncles house.They have a big house and Arthur had to findhis own room.Also they have a chicken they speak French to.She will only listen to french or she will peck you till you are sore.He has a friend named Moria that eats weird things. Moria eats strawberry and sugar sandwiches,but Arthur shivers when he eats them.I recommend this book because it is funny.
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4.0 out of 5 stars They have to send him away to his aunt and uncle's house., October 20, 1999
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In Arthur For the Very First Time, Arthur's parents think thatthey are going to have a baby.They have to send him away to his auntand uncle's house.At his aunt and uncle's house they have a barn and, of course, a house. A conflict in the story is that Yo-Yo sometimes raises prices. Also another conflict is that Author and Moira get drunk. I like this book because Moria looks up the Wrong dedinition in the french book.I recommend this book because it will be funny towards the end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book has crazy characthers., October 20, 1999
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Arthur is being sent to Aunt Elda and Uncle's Wrisby's house for the summer because his parents are having an argument. Arthur sees and does some strange things. Arthur is staying for his summer time at aunt and uncles house. At their house when he needs to run outside to help a animal from being trampled. I recommend this book beacause it is funny plus there are crazy characters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars There is a chicken in the book named Pauline., October 20, 1999
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This reveiw is about Arthur For the Vary First time. In Arthur For the Very First Time Arthur's mom is having a baby and she is fighting and so is the dad and so they are sending him to his aunt and uncle's house. And there is a chicken named Paulline and a pig name Bernadette and otherfarm animles. They go to someones house to get a goose. I loved this book . There are many problems and they meet many people. Every chapter is great!
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3.0 out of 5 stars I think it is a book for all ages., October 20, 1999
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Arthur For the Very First Timeis about Arthur going to his uncle's house. It is also about a friendship between Moria and Arthur. The setting is in Uncle Wrisby's house. The conflicts are that Arthur's mother is sick.And that Bernadette is about tohave a baby. The problem with having a baby is because Arthur has to build a pen for Bernadette. I recommend this book because it is weird, funny, scary, and fun! I also recommend this book because I think it is a book for all ages. Arthur is a moving character.
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