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|image = Arthur and the True Francine 1996 Re-issue Cover.png | |||
| | |author = Marc Brown | ||
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|illustrator = Marc Brown | |illustrator = Marc Brown | ||
|date = 1981 (original issue)<br>1996 (re-issue) | |date = 1981 (original issue)<br>1996 (re-issue) | ||
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|next = ''[[Arthur Goes to Camp (book)|Arthur Goes to Camp]]'' (1982) | |next = ''[[Arthur Goes to Camp (book)|Arthur Goes to Camp]]'' (1982) | ||
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This book is also the first book where Arthur and his friends are in the third grade, and that school year has since become their present time in the series. | [[File:The_True_Francine_1981.png|thumb|left|First edition cover]] | ||
'''''Arthur and the True Francine''''' (originally published as simply '''''The True Francine''''') is the fourth book in the ''[[Arthur Adventure]]'' series. It was first published in 1981 by [[Little, Brown and Company]] and was re-published in 1996 with a re-illustrated cover, although the page illustrations were recycled from the original publication. The cover illustration of the first edition depicted Francine wearing a green baseball cap with the yellow "F" emblem, her shirt with "SLUGGERS" on the front, and holding a baseball bat; and the cover illustration of the renewed edition depicts Arthur and Francine out in the baseball field, but changed Francine's baseball cap from green to red and removed the "F" emblem from that cap and "SLUGGERS" from her shirt as well. It became adapted as an [[Arthur and the True Francine|episode]] as the second half of Episode 14 of Season 1 in 1996, although the story was quite different. | |||
This book is also the first book where Arthur and his friends are in the third grade, and that school year has since become their present time in the series. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* This book is the first appearance of [[Muffy Crosswire]] and the third grade teachers, [[ | |||
===Notes=== | |||
* This book is the first appearance of [[Muffy Crosswire]] and the third grade teachers, [[Mr. Ratburn]] and [[Miss Sweetwater]]. | |||
* On the beginning page, while Arthur was carrying a ''[[Bionic Bunny]]'' lunchbox, Francine was carrying a ''[[Rat Woman]]'' lunchbox, since Arthur is a fan of ''Bionic Bunny'' and Francine is a fan of ''Rat Woman''. However, the ''Rat Woman'' series has since dissolved in the later books and is never mentioned again. | * On the beginning page, while Arthur was carrying a ''[[Bionic Bunny]]'' lunchbox, Francine was carrying a ''[[Rat Woman]]'' lunchbox, since Arthur is a fan of ''Bionic Bunny'' and Francine is a fan of ''Rat Woman''. However, the ''Rat Woman'' series has since dissolved in the later books and is never mentioned again. | ||
* Unlike other ''Arthur'' books, Francine had the starring role instead of Arthur. | * Unlike other ''Arthur'' books, Francine had the starring role instead of Arthur. | ||
* This book has the events occur at the | * This book has the events occur at the beggining of Arthur's third grade year. In the cartoon episode the events occur during Arthur's second grade year. | ||
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