Arthur's Mystery Envelope [Paperback]

Marc Brown (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Little Brown Children's Books (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316104647
• ISBN-13: 978-0316104647
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,587,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marc Brown is the creator of the bestselling Arthur Adventure book series and co-developer of the children's PBS television series, Arthur. He has also created a second book series, featuring D.W., Arthur's little sister, as well as numerous other books for children. Marc Brown lives with his family in Tisbury, Massachusetts on Martha's Vineyard.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent children's book., July 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Arthur's Mystery Envelope: An Arthur Chapter Book (Arthur Chapter Books) (Paperback)

This is an excellent children's book. Especially for children making the transition to chapter books. It is well written and easy to read. It deals with problems in which children can easily idenitfy. Marc Brown gives great detail to Authur's anxiety of the unknown contents of the envelope. His writing certainly brings back my own childhood experiences. The pictures in this book allow children to identify with the charcaters and help them draw a mental picture of the story. The mystery has a wonderful happy ending and may help children understand that the unknown is not nesscessarily a bad thing. These are just some of the reasons I would recommend this book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good, but short mystery, May 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Arthur's Mystery Envelope: An Arthur Chapter Book (Arthur Chapter Books) (Paperback)

I like this book because it does have a style of it's own, and I don't like it because the chapters are so short. I think all the chapters should be a page longer, but that may because I am not a beginner reader. I did like the way the book was written, and how the author made you feel scared, if Arthur is scared. That is one good thing about the book. There are many other reasons why it is a good book, like the fact it is almost impossible to figure out. You would never guess what is in the envelope.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good mystery, December 8, 2001

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An 8-year old reader (Vermont) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arthur's Mystery Envelope (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Books (Pb)) (School & Library Binding)

I really liked this book because I didn't know what was going to happen until the end. I really thought that Arthur was in trouble. It's a good mystery and you have to read it to find out what it's about. I'm not going to tell you.