1998 (real world)

1998 is the second year of the  series and the twenty-second year of Marc Brown's book series. Season 2 resumes airing and its last half of episodes air on PBS. In fall of that year, Season 3 airs its first 14 episodes with the season finale airing on New Year's 1999.

Events

 * April 1 - Arthur's Mystery Envelope (book), and Arthur and the Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club, Arthur Makes the Team (book), and Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest (book), are published.
 * April 6 - D.W.'s Deer Friend/Buster Hits the Books
 * April 7 - Arthur's Faraway Friend/Arthur and the Square Dance
 * April 8 - Water and the Brain/Arthur the Unfunny
 * April 9 - Sue Ellen's Lost Diary/Arthur's Knee
 * April 10 - Grandma Thora Appreciation Day/fern's Slumber Party
 * April 13 - Love Notes for Muffy/D.W. Blows the Whistle
 * April 14 - Francine Redecorates/Arthur the Loser
 * April 15 - Arthur vs. the Very Mean Crossing Guard/D.W.'s Very Bad Mood
 * April 16 - D.W.'s Name Game/Finders Key-pers
 * April 17 - How the Cookie Crumbles/Sue Ellen's Little Sister
 * May 1 - Arthur Accused! (book), is published
 * June 1 - Locked in the Library! (book), and Buster's Dino Dilemma (book),is published
 * August 1 - The Mystery of the Stolen Bike, is published
 * September 1 - Arthur and the Lost Diary, is published
 * October 1 - Who's in Love with Arthur?, is published
 * October 21 - Arthur and Friends: The First Almost Real Not Live CD (or Tape) is released as the first album
 * November 1 - Arthur Rocks with BINKY, is published
 * November 16 - Buster's Back/The Ballad of Buster Baxter
 * November 17 - D.W. All Fired Up/I'd Rather Read It Myself
 * November 18 - Arthur Goes Crosswire/Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurous
 * November 19 - Background Blues/And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids
 * November 20 - The Chips are Down/Revenge of the Chip
 * November 23 - Binky Rules/Meet Binky
 * November 24 - Arthur Rides the Bandwagon/Dad's Dessert Dilemma
 * November 25 - Popular Girls/Buster's Growing Grudge
 * November 26 - Arthur's Treasure Hunt/Return of the King
 * November 27 - Attack of the Turbo Tibbles/D.W. Tricks the Tooth Fairy
 * December 1 - Arthur and the Popularity Test, is published
 * December 28 - Double Tibble Trouble/Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival
 * December 29 - What Scared Sue Ellen?/Clarissa is Cracked
 * December 30 - Arthur's Dummy Disaster/Francine and the Feline
 * December 31 - Mom and Dad Have a Great Big Fight/D.W.'s Perfect Wish

Books

 * Arthur Lost and Found and Arthur and the Lost Diary arrived on September 1.