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|image = Arthur's Teacher Trouble Cover.png | |||
|author = [[Marc Brown]] | |author = [[Marc Brown]] | ||
|illustrator = [[Marc Brown]] | |illustrator = [[Marc Brown]] | ||
|date = | |date = 1986 | ||
|publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | |publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | ||
|isbn = 9780440840381 | |isbn = 9780440840381 | ||
|previous = ''[[Arthur's Tooth (book)|Arthur's Tooth]]'' (1985) | |previous = ''[[Arthur's Tooth (book)|Arthur's Tooth]]'' (1985) | ||
|next = ''[[Arthur | |next = ''[[Arthur's Baby (book)|Arthur's Baby]]'' (1987) | ||
}} | |||
'''''Arthur's Teacher Trouble''''' is the eleventh book in the ''[[Arthur Adventure]]'' series. It was written and illustrated by [[Marc Brown]] and first published in 1986 by [[Little, Brown and Company]]. It was later adapted into Episode 2 of Season 1 in two | |||
'''''Arthur's Teacher Trouble''''' is the eleventh book in the ''[[Arthur Adventure]]'' series. It was written and illustrated by [[Marc Brown]] and first published in 1986 by [[Little, Brown and Company]]. It was later adapted into Episode 2 of Season 1 in two segments: ''[[Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn]]'' and ''[[Arthur's Spelling Trubble]]''. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
When the | When the ball rang, it was the end of the first day of school. All of the students ran out of every classroom, except for Room 13. [[Nigel Ratburn|Mr. Ratburn]]'s third grade class filed out of the classroom in alphabetical order. Mr. Ratburn said that he will see his class tomorrow. [[Arthur Read]], [[Buster Baxter]], [[Francine Frensky]], [[Muffy Crosswire]], the [[Alan Powers|Brain]], [[Binky Barnes]], and some others were Mr. Ratburn's students. In the hallway, they run into [[Prunella Deegan]] who is in the fourth grade, and she tells them she had Mr. Ratburn when she was in the third grade, and she feels something terrible might happen to them. Binky claims that one wrong move would cause Mr. Ratburn to put the students on death row, and a boy named Chris claims that Mr. Ratburn is a vampire with magical powers. | ||
While everyone was leaving, the principal, [[ | While everyone was leaving, the principal, [[Mr. Haney]] was asking the students if they were ready for the September spellathon, and everyone cheered "Yes!". Then Mr. Haney asks who is going to win, and the students all say that they're all going to win. Prunella then asks that if she wins again, she might get her name on the trophy twice. | ||
When Arthur came home from school, he tells his mother, [[Jane Read|Jane]], that he has the strictest teacher in the whole world, Mr. Ratburn. Jane suggests that Arthur could have a chocolate chip cookie, but he responds that he doesn't have time for a cookie and that he has a lot of homework to do. His sister, [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] decides to eat a cookie, and says that she doesn't have homework, but he tells her she doesn't go to school. | When Arthur came home from school, he tells his mother, [[Jane Read|Jane]], that he has the strictest teacher in the whole world, Mr. Ratburn. Jane suggests that Arthur could have a chocolate chip cookie, but he responds that he doesn't have time for a cookie and that he has a lot of homework to do. His sister, [[D.W. Read|D.W.]] decides to eat a cookie, and says that she doesn't have homework, but he tells her she doesn't go to school. | ||
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Arthur's family was helping him study, then his [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]] asked Arthur his spelling words, and then his parents [[David Read|David]] and Jane asked him what to do by spelling them. When Francine and Buster came over, D.W. answered the door and told them that Arthur can't play, because he has to study. | Arthur's family was helping him study, then his [[Thora Read|Grandma Thora]] asked Arthur his spelling words, and then his parents [[David Read|David]] and Jane asked him what to do by spelling them. When Francine and Buster came over, D.W. answered the door and told them that Arthur can't play, because he has to study. | ||
When the spellathon came by, Arthur's family was wishing him a good luck. On the stage behind the curtains, Mr. Ratburn asked how Arthur and the Brain felt. The Brain replies saying he feels fine, but Arthur was nervous and wished he were still back in bed. Then Mr. Haney welcomed everyone and explained the rules in spelling. The Brain was the first person to have a turn, and he stepped up to the microphone. The first word was "fear", and the Brain quickly misspelled it as F-E-R-E and then Mr. Haney dismissed him, and then the Brain felt disbelief and asked Mr. Haney whether or not if he's using the right dictionary. However, many of the representatives from Miss Sweetwater's and Mrs. Fink's classes were quickly dismissed. The remaining representatives were Prunella and Arthur. During Prunella's turn, the word was "preparation", then she asked for the definition and Mr. Haney explained that the word means "the process of getting ready". Then Prunella began to spell the word starting with P-R-E-P, then pauses for a few seconds, then finishes spelling it E-R-A-T-I-O-N, and then gets dismissed. Then Arthur became the only one left in the spellathon. Then he spelled the word "preparation" as P-R-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N, which is the correct spelling. Then Mr. Ratburn stepped up the microphone and told everyone that he is very proud of Arthur and the whole class. He then explains that it will be the last third grade he will have for the spellathon, and then decides his new challenge will be teaching kindergarten, which | When the spellathon came by, Arthur's family was wishing him a good luck. On the stage behind the curtains, Mr. Ratburn asked how Arthur and the Brain felt. The Brain replies saying he feels fine, but Arthur was nervous and wished he were still back in bed. Then Mr. Haney welcomed everyone and explained the rules in spelling. The Brain was the first person to have a turn, and he stepped up to the microphone. The first word was "fear", and the Brain quickly misspelled it as F-E-R-E and then Mr. Haney dismissed him, and then the Brain felt disbelief and asked Mr. Haney whether or not if he's using the right dictionary. However, many of the representatives from Miss Sweetwater's and Mrs. Fink's classes were quickly dismissed. The remaining representatives were Prunella and Arthur. During Prunella's turn, the word was "preparation", then she asked for the definition and Mr. Haney explained that the word means "the process of getting ready". Then Prunella began to spell the word starting with P-R-E-P, then pauses for a few seconds, then finishes spelling it E-R-A-T-I-O-N, and then gets dismissed. Then Arthur became the only one left in the spellathon. Then he spelled the word "preparation" as P-R-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N, which is the correct spelling. Then Mr. Ratburn stepped up the microphone and told everyone that he is very proud of Arthur and the whole class. He then explains that it will be the last third grade he will have for the spellathon, and then decides his new challenge will be teaching kindergarten, which frightened D.W. that she might get too much homework to do for her young age if she gets sorted into his class. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
===Notes=== | |||
* This book is the first appearance of | |||
* In the | * This book is the first appearance of fourth grader, Prunella Deegan. | ||
* It is likely that the events of ''[[Arthur and the True Francine (book)|Arthur and the True Francine]]'' occur within the events of this book. | * In the conclusion were Mr. Ratburn says he will teach kindergarten the following year, that idea was dropped in the later ''Arthur'' adaptations. | ||
* A boy named | * It is likely that the events of ''[[Arthur and the True Francine (book)|Arthur and the True Francine]]'' occur within the events of this book. However, the [[Arthur and the True Francine|cartoon adaptation]] of ''Arthur and the True Francine'' takes place during Arthur's second grade year, and is a prequel to Episode 2 where the two segments are based on this book. | ||
* A boy named Chris, who was one of the fourth graders was introduced in this book, but has never appeared again in the later books, or even made into a cartoon character. | |||
===Adaptations=== | ===Adaptations=== | ||
* ''Arthur's Teacher Trouble'' was adapted into a Living Books computer game by Brøderbund for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh in 1993. However, it was re-released a number of times to become compatible with the later operating systems such as Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, and etc. Many of these games also included a book in the packaging. However, in the game, there were many color tone restrictions where many of the characters had their complexions restricted between pale and tan. However, some pages were based on more than just one page, and some of the text was omitted, modified, or only heard during a following of sequences. There were many things that could be clicked on and performed that never happened in the book. Also, on the page where Arthur is doing a project of Africa out of cookie dough, he is wearing blue pajamas like the later books where he was wearing white and blue striped pajamas, although his pajamas were previously yellow and red striped. The publisher, Brøderbund was acquired by The Learning Company in 2003, which set for a discontinuation of the Living Books series. | * ''Arthur's Teacher Trouble'' was adapted into a Living Books computer game by Brøderbund for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh in 1993. However, it was re-released a number of times to become compatible with the later operating systems such as Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, and etc. Many of these games also included a book in the packaging. However, in the game, there were many color tone restrictions where many of the characters had their complexions restricted between pale and tan. However, some pages were based on more than just one page, and some of the text was omitted, modified, or only heard during a following of sequences. There were many things that could be clicked on and performed that never happened in the book. Also, on the page where Arthur is doing a project of Africa out of cookie dough, he is wearing blue pajamas like the later books where he was wearing white and blue striped pajamas, although his pajamas were previously yellow and red striped. The publisher, Brøderbund was acquired by The Learning Company in 2003, which set for a discontinuation of the Living Books series. | ||
* This book became adapted into Episode 2 of Season 1 | * This book became adapted into Episode 2 of Season 1 with two segments, ''Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn'' and ''Arthur's Spelling Trubble''. However, in the home video versions of ''Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn'', it was titled as ''Arthur's Teacher Trouble'' (not to be confused with the book with the similar storyline). | ||
===Goofs=== | ===Goofs=== | ||
* On the second page, Binky was drawn to be the height of an adult, despite that he's 9 years old and only slightly taller than Arthur. | |||
[[Category: | * Even though Binky is held back, he was not shown in Mr. Ratburn's classroom. | ||
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