D.W. Read

'''Dora Winifred "D.W." Read' is a fictional character in the Arthur'' books and TV series. She is Arthur's little sister and older sister of Baby Kate.

D.W. is often annoying to Arthur (he considers her a pest), but deep down truly loves her brother. She also has an imaginary friend named Nadine. She hates her full name and has everyone call her D.W. for short.

In the episode "D.W. All Fired Up", it was revealed that she had a fear of fire drills. In the episode "Kiss and Tell" it is revealed that she has a crush on her classmate James. At her aunt's wedding, she was the flower girl. She also is a picky eater (as seen in "D.W. the Picky Eater"), and hates spinach. She had a snowball that was stolen by aliens although she always believed Arthur stole it for several episodes and mentions it during the show. She is known for her many short-lived obsessions.

Appearance
D.W is an aardvark, like her brother, instead she's smaller and shorter. She wears a long white sleeve shirt that is under her pink and lavendar dress. With her dress, she wears a light pink panty hose with turqouise mary janes. D.W also has many alternate outfits; her footsie pyjamas, pink frilly swimsuit, red polka dot dress, her Arthur outfit, gymnastic suit and many more. She has short brown hair that is up to her cheeks, which sometimes she puts two clips on to pin it up.

Family
D.W lives with her family which consists of her father (David Read), her mother (Jane Read), her older brother (Arthur Read) and her baby sister (Baby Kate).


 * Arthur Read - Usually Arthur and D.W are seen fighting with each other, especially over their TV time and when she annoys him, but they also truly love and care for each other. A usual theme with Arthur and D.W, is Arthur usually forgets to play with D.W the games he promised her. It was noted that Arthur use to play with D.W all the time, until Arthur believed that D.W liked "Baby Stuff".


 * Baby Kate - When D.W first heard about getting another sibling, she was exictied. When Kate was finally born, she wanted to play and take care of her, but she was always told "No". D.W then thought her family liked Kate better than her not until, Grandma Thora pep talked her. D.W than realized, Kate needed her older sister.