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| | author = *[[Marc Brown]] (cover credit) | | |name = Queen for a Day |
| *[[Nancy Parent]]
| | |author = [[Nancy Parent]] |
| | illustrator = *[[Marc Brown]] (cover credit) | | |illustrator = [[Judy Nelson]] |
| *[[Judy Nelson]]
| | |date = June 28, 2001 |
| | date = 2001 | | |publisher = Advance Publishers, L.C. |
| | publisher = [[Advance Publishers, L.C.]] | | |isbn = 1-57973-109-0 |
| | isbn = 1579731082 | | |previous = [[Manners Matter]] |
| | previous = ''[[Manners Matter]]'' | | |next = [[Try It, You'll Like It!]] |
| | next = ''[[Try It, You'll Like It!]]'' | | Queen for a Day}} |
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| '''''Queen for a Day''''' is the third book in ''[[Arthur's Family Values]]'', a series of ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'' book titles aimed specifically at teaching morals. The moral of the book is "Everyone Is Special." The book was written by [[Nancy Parent]] and illustrated by [[Judy Nelson]]. | | '''''Queen for a Day''''' is the 3rd book in the [[Arthur's Family Values]] series. |
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| ==Publisher's summary== | | ==Publisher's summary== |
| When Muffy is crowned Elwood City's "Queen," Arthur insists that she treat ''all'' her friends royally. | | When Muffy is crowned Elwood City's "Queen," Arthur insists that she treat ''all'' her friends royally. |
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| ==Synopsis==
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| When [[Mayor Hirsch]] announces [[Muffy Crosswire]] as the winner of a [[Lakewood Elementary School|school]] contest, Muffy is excited as it also means that she'll get to ride on a float as Queen of [[Elwood City]] in the [["City Pride" Parade]]. Muffy invites all of her friends to come for talent presentations, but assigns [[Francine Frensky|Francine]] the role of singing a song. But when she kicks Francine out for not being a good singer, everyone threatens to quit unless everyone can be included.
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| During a ceremony at Lakewood Elementary, Mayor Hirsch and Principal [[Francis Haney|Haney]] announce Muffy as the winner of a school essay contest. She is crowned and she calls it a surprise even though she had been hoping to win. [[Bitzi Baxter]] takes her picture for the ''[[Elwood City Times]]''. After school, Muffy and her friends gather and she tells them that she has to plan her float and is inviting them to meet her at [[Muffy's House|her place]] on Saturday for talent presentations. Francine starts to suggest something that she could perform, but Muffy tells her that as her best friend, she wants her to a sing a tribute song to herself that she wrote.
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| The time comes for the presentations. [[Prunella Deegan|Prunella]] appears in a long pink gown designed by [[Rubella Deegan|her sister]]. Muffy likes it and says that Prunella will be her Lady-in-Waiting. [[Binky Barnes|Binky]] does a juggling act and Muffy quickly declares him in. [[Buster Baxter|Buster]] tells some jokes and Muffy says that he can be her master of ceremonies if he promises not to tell any jokes. [[Fern Walters|Fern]] reads an original poem and Muffy says that she can write a poem in honor of her to perform, with [[Arthur Read|Arthur]] accompanying by playing music. [[Alan Powers|Brain]] shows Muffy a design for a parade float which wins her approval.
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| The time comes for Francine to sing the song Muffy wrote for her. Francine starts to say that she "tried to" learn it, but when Francine sings, it comes out awful. Muffy tells her that if she can't sing, she can't be on the float. Shocked at this behavior from her best friend, Francine storms out, saying that she doesn't want to be on the float anyway. Arthur tells Muffy that she should apologize, but Muffy just crosses her arms and says that Francine is too sensitive.
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| [[File:Muffy Chats with Arthur.jpg|thumb|200px|Muffy chatting with Arthur in tree house]]
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| Outside of Muffy's, Arthur talks with his friends, who agree that Muffy is out of control. Arthur says that if Muffy thinks she's so special, she can ride on the float by herself. The next day, nobody shows up for the first rehearsal and Muffy, annoyed, goes to her [[Ed Crosswire|father]] asking him to hire a professional crew. He agrees to do what his "Cupcake" wants, but after he meets with the parade organizers finds that what Muffy wants isn't allowed under the parade rules. Chastened, she goes to Arthur, who tells her that they're still willing to ride with her if she would just be nicer and agree to let Francine ride with her. Muffy replies that she can't sing and Arthur tells her to just think of something else that she can do, as everyone is good at different things. Imagining herself alone on an empty float, Muffy agrees to give Arthur's idea a try.
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| While leaving Arthur's place, Muffy encounters [[D.W. Read|D.W.]], who is happily twirling a baton in the driveway of the [[Arthur's House|Read household]]. She laments that it would great if only Francine could twirl a baton like her, but D.W. tells her that it was actually Francine who taught her how to twirl so well. Happy, Muffy says that she has to go find Francine.
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| Muffy finds Francine coming out of [[the Sugar Bowl]]. At first, Francine doesn't seem to want to talk to her, but Muffy tells her she thought of something she could do on the float. She says that she could twirl the baton and Francine perks up and agrees, saying that she loves to twirl. Muffy says there's one more thing: she can twirl the baton, but no singing. Everyone laughs.
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| *[[Pal]] | | *[[Pal]] |
| *[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] | | *[[D.W. Read|D.W.]] |
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| ==External links==
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| *''[https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22859771M/Queen_for_a_day Queen for a Day]'' on OpenLibrary (read free with registration)
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